Cooper's Mill, also known as Tom Cooper Mill, is a historic grist mill located of County Route 27 near Jumping Branch, Summers County, West Virginia.
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| Location | Off Ellison Ridge Rd. (County Route 27), near Jumping Branch, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°36′21″N 80°58′40″W / 37.60583°N 80.97778°W |
| Area | 10.2 acres (4.1 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Lilly, William Calvin; Cooper, Thomas Moody |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000775[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 2001 |
The original mill was built in 1869, and was an 18 feet long by 16 feet wide building constructed of squared logs with "V"-notched corners. In 1930, the original superstructure was dismantled down to the last five log courses, and a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame building was erected over the logs and the original sandstone foundation. The mill is sheathed in board and batten siding and topped by a gable roof.
In 1930, a new waterwheel by the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania was added to the mill. Also on the property is a blacksmith's shop dated to about 1900.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Dr. Jack Wills and Alan Rowe (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cooper's Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.