Tyro Mill

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Tyro Mill
Location VA 56 (Crabtree Falls Hwy), Tyro, Virginia
Coordinates 37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556Coordinates: 37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556
Built 1846
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

06000749

[1]
VLR # 062-0028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 30, 2006
Designated VLR June 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013. 
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". Tyro Mill. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2008-11-21.  and Accompanying photograph
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