Dilday Mill

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Dilday Mill
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LocationSoutheast of South Greenfield on Turnback Creek, near South Greenfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°19′31″N93°46′49″W / 37.32528°N 93.78028°W / 37.32528; -93.78028 Coordinates: 37°19′31″N93°46′49″W / 37.32528°N 93.78028°W / 37.32528; -93.78028
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
Built byDilday, John B.
NRHP reference # 77000805 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1977
Removed from NRHPDecember 19, 1994

Dilday Mill, also known as Finley Mill, was a historic grist mill building located at Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri. It was built in 1867, and was a water-powered, grist mill standing two stories above ground level and three stories above Turnback Creek. It measured approximately 22 feet by 34 feet. [2] :2 The building collapsed in 1982. [3]

Greenfield, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Greenfield is a city in Dade County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dade County.

Dade County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Dade County is a county located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,883. Its county seat is Greenfield. The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Second Seminole War in 1835.

Turnback Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The stream headwaters are in western Christian County just southwest of Billings. The stream flows north-northwest after passing under U.S. Route 60 and on through the extreme southwest corner of Greene County and into Lawrence County. In Lawrence County the stream flows northwest passing under Interstate 44 southwest of Halltown and into southeast Dade County. In Dade County the stream flows generally north and enters the Sac River arm of Stockton Lake at U.S. Route 160 east of Greenfield.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and delisted in 1994. [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. Nancy B. Breme (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dilday Mill" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01.] (includes 10 photos from 1976)
  3. "Dade County National Register Listings". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2016-12-18.