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Goblintown Mill
Goblintown Mill, also known as Turner's Mill, Wood's Mill, Walker's Mill, and Martin's Mill, is a historic grist mill complex located near Stuart, Virginia, Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia. The mill dates to the 1850s, and is a two-story, timber frame building on a dry stone foundation. The mill retains its original mill race and milling machinery. Associated with the mill is a 1 1/2-story, frame "storehouse" that housed a general store and dwelling. It was built about 1902. an''Accompanying four photos''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. References External linksThe Goblintown Grist Mill Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Industrial buildings completed in 1850 Buildings and structures in Patrick County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Patrick County, Virginia {{PatrickCountyVA-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart, Virginia
Stuart is a town in Patrick County, Virginia, where it is the county seat. The population was 1,408 at the 2010 census. The town of Stuart was named after Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, of nearby Ararat, Virginia. History Incorporation (1753–1830) The Town of Stuart was first incorporated as Taylorsville, Virginia, in 1792, in honor of early settler George Taylor. Stuart has been the county seat of Patrick County since 1791, when the county was organized from territory of Henry County, Virginia. The Patrick County Courthouse was built in the center of the town. What is now designated as the Stuart Uptown Historic District encompasses the historic core of the county seat. It includes government, financial, religious, and commercial buildings dating from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Antebellum (1831–1860) By 1850, Taylorsville had grown to include approximately 50 dwellings and businesses. The 1850 census reported 18 households with 50 adults (includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
