Shepherd's Mill is a

gristmill 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 ...

in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, located on Town Run just as it descends to the

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. The mill was built some time prior to 1739 by Thomas Shepherd, Sr. (1705-1776) — founder and namesake of the town — as a two-story structure. The original millwheel was probably a wood

overshot wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or bucket ...

. The present Fitz Water Wheel Company steel overshot wheel was built in 1894; with the addition of a third story in the late 19th century, the mill is more representative of that era. The Mill is now privately owned.

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* Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia {{JeffersonCountyWV-NRHP-stub