Beverley Mill

Beverley Mill

Beverley's Mill, HABS Photo
Location Junction of Virginia State Route 55 and Beverleys Mill Road, near Broad Run, Virginia
Coordinates 38°49′28″N 77°42′39″W / 38.82444°N 77.71083°W / 38.82444; -77.71083Coordinates: 38°49′28″N 77°42′39″W / 38.82444°N 77.71083°W / 38.82444; -77.71083
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1759 (1759)
Part of Broad Run-Little Georgetown Rural Historic District (#16000205)
NRHP Reference # 72001411[1]
VLR # 076-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 23, 1972
Designated CP April 21, 2016
Designated VLR November 1, 1971[2]
The mill ruins in 2013.

Beverley Mill, also known as Chapman Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Broad Run, Virginia, straddling the county line between Prince William and Fauquier Counties. It was built about 1759, and is a five-story, four bay by three bay, rubble stone structure. The water power was provided by Broad Run Creek which, in its 1,300-foot (400-metre) passage through the Gap, drops 87 feet (27 metres). Exterior mill machinery remaining includes the 29-foot (8.8-metre) metal waterwheel and sluice gate as well as the stone mill race. The mill continued in operation through World War II.[3] It is included in the Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield.

The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (August 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beverley Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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