Tyro Mill 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 ...

located at Tyro,

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. 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. an
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in 2006.

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Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Nelson County, Virginia Buildings and structures in Nelson County, Virginia Industrial buildings completed in 1847 Grinding mills in Virginia 1847 establishments in Virginia {{NelsonCountyVA-NRHP-stub