Calhoun Mill

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Calhoun Mill
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LocationNortheast of Mount Carmel, near Mount Carmel, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°02′03″N82°28′29″W / 34.03417°N 82.47472°W / 34.03417; -82.47472 Coordinates: 34°02′03″N82°28′29″W / 34.03417°N 82.47472°W / 34.03417; -82.47472
Area26.7 acres (10.8 ha)
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
NRHP reference No. 80003679 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

Calhoun Mill, also known as Rogers Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Mount Carmel, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a three-story, with basement, brick building. Also on the property are contributing sheds and a cotton gin, a race, and a mill dam. A mill operated on the site since the 1770s. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ruth K. LaForge; John Blythe; Elizabeth Mallin (September 1980). "Calhoun Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. "Calhoun Mill, McCormick County (int. of S.C. Sec. Rd. 823 & S.C. Sec. Rd. 40, Mt. Carmel vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 29 June 2014.