Hays Creek Mill Explained

Hays Creek Mill
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 27, 1995[1]
Designated Other1 Number:081-0159
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.9356°N -79.3439°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:August 4, 1995
Refnum:95000973

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 -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.[2]

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

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: Hays Creek Mill . Mary Elizabeth Piggers. January 1991 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo