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Rufus Amis House and Mill

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Rufus Amis House and Mill
Nearest cityVirgilina, Virginia
Area32.7 acres (13.2 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
MPSGranville County MPS
NRHP reference No.88000416[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1988

Rufus Amis House and Mill is a historic home and grist mill and national historic district located near Virgilina, Virginia in Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1855, and is a 1+12-story, L-shaped Gothic Revival / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a roof with six gables and delicately sawn bargeboards. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, icehouse (later a striphouse), privy, barn, chicken house, corn crib, mill race, former dwelling, and 3+12-story grist mill.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Rufus Amis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1879 and 1889 representing Granville County.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Rufus Amis House and Mill" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ^ North Carolina Manual. North Carolina Historical Commission. 1913.