Jump to content

Reed's Mill

Coordinates: 37°40′2″N 80°27′23″W / 37.66722°N 80.45639°W / 37.66722; -80.45639
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reed's Mill
Reed's Mill is located in West Virginia
Reed's Mill
Reed's Mill is located in the United States
Reed's Mill
LocationCo. Rd. 219/1, Secondcreek, West Virginia
Coordinates37°40′2″N 80°27′23″W / 37.66722°N 80.45639°W / 37.66722; -80.45639
Area3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1914
Built byArchiball McDowell
Architectural styleTimber frame construction
NRHP reference No.93000226[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1993

Reed's Mill is a historic grist mill and national historic district located at Secondcreek, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings and eight contributing structures. It was one of the original mill complexes of Secondcreek. The main mill building was built about 1791, and is a mortise and tenon frame structure held together with wooden pins, and sits atop a raised cut stone basement. A tall three-story section with basement was added in 1949. The district also includes the mill dam, wing-dam, mill race lined with rock and ending in the mill pond, and concrete mill race that carries water to the turbine (1872) which operates the grinding wheels in the mill. It remains an operating mill.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard Ripley (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reed's Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.