Graham's Forge Mill Explained

Graham's Forge Mill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 16, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:098-0052
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:SR 639, Grahams Forge, Virginia
Coordinates:36.9422°N -80.8861°W
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:May 26, 2005
Refnum:05000481

Graham's Forge Mill is a historic grist mill located in the community of Grahams Forge, Wythe County, Virginia. The mill was built about 1890, and is a five-story, rectangular, wood-frame building on a limestone foundation. Atop the cross-gable standing seam metal roof is a cupola with a finial, decorative cresting on the ridges, and a late-Victorian-styled lightning rod. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse with oven / kettle used for hog scalding, corn crib, grain storage facility, oven / kettle remains, and mill dam.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Graham's Forge Mill . Michael J. Pulice and Kimberly Bowen. January 2005. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos