Swift Creek Mill

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Swift Creek Mill
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Location U.S. Route 1, north of Colonial Heights, Virginia
Coordinates 37°17′0″N77°24′42″W / 37.28333°N 77.41167°W / 37.28333; -77.41167 Coordinates: 37°17′0″N77°24′42″W / 37.28333°N 77.41167°W / 37.28333; -77.41167
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1850 (1850)
NRHP reference # 74002113 [1]
Added to NRHP January 11, 1974

The Swift Creek Mill is a historic grist mill at 17401 Jefferson Davis Hwy in South Chesterfield, Virginia, just across Swift Creek from the city of Colonial Heights. Built about 1850, the present brick mill structure is one of a long line of mills that have occupied this site since the mid-17th century. The mill was adapted for use as the Swift Creek Mill Theater in the 1960s. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Swift Creek Mill" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-09.