Brookside Farm and Mill

Brookside Farm and Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Roadside view of the main house
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Location	4161 Wilson Highway, Independence, Virginia
Coordinates	36°37′06″N81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W / 36.61833; -81.22528
Area	447 acres (181 ha)
Built	1876 (1876)
Built by	Robert Landreth, Samuel M. Fulton, et al.
NRHP reference No.	05001272 [1]
VLR No.	038-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 16, 2005
Designated VLR	September 14, 2005 [2]

Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three-bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet. The principal dwelling was built in 1877, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame building with a central passage plan. Other contributing buildings and structures include a brick spring house, brick smokehouse, log corn crib, frame hen house (c. 1910-1912), miller's cabin (c. 1880), the miller's cottage or Graham House (c. 1900), a frame service station / garage (1918), and concrete dam (1914) and earthen mill race. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Michael J. Pulice (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brookside Farm and Mill" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos