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Tyro Mill

Coordinates: 37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556
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Tyro Mill
Tyro Mill is located in Virginia
Tyro Mill
Tyro Mill is located in the United States
Tyro Mill
LocationVA 56 (Crabtree Falls Hwy), Tyro, Virginia
Coordinates37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556
Built1846
NRHP reference No.06000749 [1]
VLR No.062-0028
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 2006
Designated VLRJune 8, 2006[2]

Tyro Mill is a historic grist mill located at Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. It is a multi-story frame mill built in 1846–47 with an addition made in the late nineteenth century. It has a metal-sheathed gable roof and a stone foundation. There is an overshot metal wheel in a stone wheel well and remnants of the head race. The mill contains original machinery including wood gears and drive shafts, two runs of millstones, and a husk frame in the basement gear pit. Also on the property is a mid-19th century log dwelling—traditionally identified as the miller's house—with twentieth century frame additions and front porch.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Tyro Mill. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2008-11-21. and Accompanying photograph