Breckinridge Mill Explained

Breckinridge Mill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 20, 1980, March 17, 1999[1]
Designated Other1 Number:011-0187
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.4986°N -79.9111°W
Built:, 1900
Architecture:Queen Anne
Added:July 30, 1980, May 30, 2002 (Boundary Increase)
Refnum:80004172, 02000588 (Boundary Increase)

Breckinridge Mill, also known as Howell's Mill and Breckinridge Mill Complex, is a historic grist mill complex located near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. The mill was built about 1822, and is a -story, brick structure. The mill was converted to apartments in 1977. Associated with the mill are two contributing wood-frame, late 19th-century sheds. Also associated with the mill is the miller's or Howell house. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame structure with a T-plan and gabled roof. The mill was built for James Breckinridge (1763-1833) and replaced an earlier mill erected by him in 1804.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2013-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Breckinridge Mill . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . May 1980 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 2013-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927065203/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf . 2012-09-27 . dead ., Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Breckinridge Mill Complex Historic District . Calder Loth and Jean McRae . April 2002 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 2013-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927065213/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_Boundary_Increase_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf . 2012-09-27 . dead ., and Accompanying photo