Jessup's Mill, also known as Stokes County Union Milling Company, is historic

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, standing on the banks of the

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, in the community of

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in northwest

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. It was built in 1910, and is a tall -story, rectangular, heavy timber-frame building sheathed in weatherboard. Associated with the mill are the contributing warming room; the original miller's house, also known as "honeymoon cottage"; and

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. It was added to the

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in 1982.

References

Industrial buildings completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Stokes County, North Carolina Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Stokes County, North Carolina {{StokesCountyNC-NRHP-stub