Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three-bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet. The principal dwelling was built in 1877, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame building with a central passage plan. Other contributing buildings and structures include a brick spring house, brick smokehouse, log corn crib, frame hen house (c. 1910-1912), miller's cabin (c. 1880), the miller's cottage or Graham House (c. 1900), a frame service station / garage (1918), and concrete dam (1914) and earthen mill race.[3]
Brookside Farm and Mill | |
 Roadside view of the main house | |
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| Location | 4161 Wilson Highway, Independence, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W |
| Area | 447 acres (181 ha) |
| Built | 1876 |
| Built by | Robert Landreth, Samuel M. Fulton, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001272[1] |
| VLR No. | 038-0009 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 2005 |
| Designated VLR | September 14, 2005[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Michael J. Pulice (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brookside Farm and Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos