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Breckinridge Mill, also known as Howell's Mill and Breckinridge Mill Complex, is a historic
grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...
complex located near Fincastle,
Botetourt County, Virginia Botetourt County ( ) is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Moun ...
. The mill was built about 1822, and is a -story, brick structure. The mill was converted to
apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
s in 1977. Associated with the mill are two contributing wood-frame, late 19th-century sheds. Also associated with the mill is the miller's or Howell house. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame structure with a T-plan and gabled roof. The mill was built for
James Breckinridge James Breckinridge (March 7, 1763May 13, 1833) was a Virginia lawyer and politician and a member of the Breckinridge family. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives. He also fought in the Ame ...
(1763-1833) and replaced an earlier mill erected by him in 1804., , an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2002.


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Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Industrial buildings completed in 1822 Houses completed in 1900 Buildings and structures in Botetourt County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Botetourt County, Virginia Grinding mills in Virginia 1822 establishments in Virginia {{BotetourtCountyVA-NRHP-stub