Sterling Grist Mill Complex

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Sterling Grist Mill Complex
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Location1332 NY 104A, Sterling, New York
Coordinates 43°19′31″N76°38′49″W / 43.32528°N 76.64694°W / 43.32528; -76.64694 Coordinates: 43°19′31″N76°38′49″W / 43.32528°N 76.64694°W / 43.32528; -76.64694
Arealess than one acre
Built1813
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 01001498 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2002

Sterling Grist Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located at Sterling in Cayuga County, New York. The complex consists of a frame mill building built about 1835, the rubble foundation of an 1859 tannery, and a dam and penstock built about 1900. The mill building is built with a hand-hewn heavy timber frame sheathed in narrow pine clapboard. [2]

It was listed on 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. March 13, 2009.
  2. William E. Krattinger (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sterling Grist Mill Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".