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Nickell Homestead and Mill

Coordinates: 37°41′26″N 80°29′58″W / 37.69056°N 80.49944°W / 37.69056; -80.49944
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Nickell Homestead and Mill
Nickell Homestead and Mill is located in West Virginia
Nickell Homestead and Mill
Nickell Homestead and Mill is located in the United States
Nickell Homestead and Mill
LocationMcClung Rd., near Ronceverte, West Virginia
Coordinates37°41′26″N 80°29′58″W / 37.69056°N 80.49944°W / 37.69056; -80.49944
Area72 acres (29 ha)
Built1814
Architectural styleFederal, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.98001472[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1998

Nickell Homestead and Mill, also known as Mont Glenn Farm, is a historic home, grist mill, and national historic district located at Secondcreek, near Ronceverte, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes seven contributing buildings. The original section of the main house was built about 1820, with additions made in 1858, and about 1900. It is a 2+12-story, six bay brick and frame Federal style dwelling. The 1900 addition has some Colonial Revival style details. Also on the property is a two-story mill built in 1814, a barn (c. 1940s), machine shed (c. 1920s), hog shed (c. 1900), garage (c. 1920), and house by the mill (c. 1920). The Nickell mill closed in 1949. The property upon which the mill stood was sold in 2014 or 2015. The new owner tore down the mill. The only thing remaining is the stone foundation. The new owner is not maintaining the property and the house is also falling into disrepair. One wonders why this person bought an historic property only to destroy it.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jamie Lee Nickell and Katherine Jourdan (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nickell Homestead and Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.