Moses Mill Rd. & confluence of Maury R. & Woods Cr., Lexington (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Lexington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 15, 2016. NRIS 16000530.
2 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 5 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Jordan's Point Historic District encompasses a collection of historic industrial resources at Jordan's Point Park in Lexington, Virginia. The area, long a major local crossing point of the Maury River, was developed about 1800 by John Jordan and John Moorhead, who established a sawmill on the site. In 1806 they dammed the river, and then built a cotton mill in 1808. Of this and later industrial activity on the site, only foundation remnants and the millrace remain; surviving structures associated with the development include the miller's house (c. 1815), now a local museum, and a chapel built in 1874.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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