Hays Creek Mill

VA 724, 0.1 mi. N of jct. with VA 726, Brownsburg, Virginia. County/parish: Rockbridge.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 04, 1995. NRIS 95000973.

4 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • McClung's Mill
  • Patterson's Mill
  • Steele's Mill
  • VDHR File No.

From Wikipedia:

Hays Creek Mill

Hays Creek Mill, also known as McClung's Mill, Patterson's Mill, and Steele's Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It dates to about 1819, and is a 2+12-story, rectangular wood-frame building on a limestone basement. The building measures 35 feet by 45 feet and retains an iron overshot wheel measuring 15 feet in diameter and 5 feet thick. Associated with the mill are the contributing miller's house, garage that once served as a corn crib, and cow barn. The Hays Creek Mill remained in operation until 1957 in a number of capacities as a grist, saw, and fulling mill.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683418

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