Jordan's Point Historic District | |
Location | Moses Mill Rd. and the confluence of the Maury River and Woods Creek, Lexington, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°47′32″N79°25′47″W / 37.79222°N 79.42972°W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Built | 1800 |
Built by | Jordan, John |
NRHP reference No. | 16000530 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 15, 2016 |
The Jordan's Point Historic District encompasses a collection of historic industrial resources at Jordan's Point Park in Lexington, Virginia. The area, long a major local crossing point of the Maury River, was developed about 1800 by John Jordan and John Moorhead, who established a sawmill on the site. In 1806 they dammed the river, and then built a cotton mill in 1808. Of this and later industrial activity on the site, only foundation remnants and the millrace remain; surviving structures associated with the development include the miller's house (c. 1815), now a local museum, and a chapel built in 1874. [2]
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]
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