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Jordan's Point Historic District

Coordinates: 37°47′32″N 79°25′47″W / 37.79222°N 79.42972°W / 37.79222; -79.42972
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Jordan's Point Historic District
Miller's house at Jordan's Point
Jordan's Point Historic District is located in Virginia
Jordan's Point Historic District
Jordan's Point Historic District is located in the United States
Jordan's Point Historic District
LocationMoses Mill Rd. and the confluence of the Maury River and Woods Creek, Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates37°47′32″N 79°25′47″W / 37.79222°N 79.42972°W / 37.79222; -79.42972
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1800
Built byJordan, John
NRHP reference No.16000530[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 2016

The Jordan's Point Historic District encompasses a collection of historic industrial resources at Jordan's Point Park in Lexington, Virginia. The area, long a major local crossing point of the Maury River, was developed about 1800 by John Jordan and John Moorhead, who established a sawmill on the site. In 1806 they dammed the river, and then built a cotton mill in 1808. Of this and later industrial activity on the site, only foundation remnants and the millrace remain; surviving structures associated with the development include the miller's house (c. 1815), now a local museum, and a chapel built in 1874.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Jordan's Point Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 31, 2017.