Grimes Brothers Mill

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Grimes Brothers Mill
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Location2 North State St., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′31″N80°15′17″W / 35.82528°N 80.25472°W / 35.82528; -80.25472 Coordinates: 35°49′31″N80°15′17″W / 35.82528°N 80.25472°W / 35.82528; -80.25472
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 02000443 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 2002

Grimes Brothers Mill, also known as Lexington Roller Mill and Excelsior Mill, is a historic flour mill located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a four-story brick building with a basement. It measures approximately 34 feet by 40 feet and has a shallow-pitched shed roof. The mill remained in operation until about 1960, and the building was converted to bank use in the early 1960s. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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. Laura A. W. Phillips (September 2001). "Grimes Brothers Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.