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Brookside Farm and Mill

Coordinates: 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W / 36.61833; -81.22528
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Brookside Farm and Mill
Roadside view of the main house
Brookside Farm and Mill is located in Virginia
Brookside Farm and Mill
Brookside Farm and Mill is located in the United States
Brookside Farm and Mill
Location4161 Wilson Highway, Independence, Virginia
Coordinates36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W / 36.61833; -81.22528
Area447 acres (181 ha)
Built1876 (1876)
Built byRobert Landreth, Samuel M. Fulton, et al.
NRHP reference No.05001272[1]
VLR No.038-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 2005
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 2005[2]

Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three-bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet. The principal dwelling was built in 1877, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame building with a central passage plan. Other contributing buildings and structures include a brick spring house, brick smokehouse, log corn crib, frame hen house (c. 1910-1912), miller's cabin (c. 1880), the miller's cottage or Graham House (c. 1900), a frame service station / garage (1918), and concrete dam (1914) and earthen mill race.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[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. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Michael J. Pulice (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brookside Farm and Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos