{"nrhp_refnum":"12001265","name":"Hanger Mill (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Huff Mill","VDHR File No. 007-1211"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Jct. of VA 801 & US 250","address_restricted":false,"city":"Churchville","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":38.221537141000056,"lon":-79.13349148170562,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 32.33-acre parcel next to the listed Hanger Mill near Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia, containing the mill's tailrace, a channel that carried water away from the mill wheel. The mill dates to about 1860.","why_significant":"The tailrace is directly tied to the c. 1860 Hanger Mill and its flour and grain production, so it is proposed as a contributing resource under Criteria A and C. It is described as an intact and rare surviving mid-nineteenth-century tailrace. It retains a high degree of integrity despite a small alteration where a road bridge crosses it.","narrative":"This boundary increase adds a 32.33-acre parcel beside the Hanger Mill near Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia. The parcel holds the mill's tailrace, a channel that once carried water away from the mill wheel. Near the mill the race is lined with coursed stone walls for about 125 feet, then becomes a shallow channel with sloping earthen banks and trees as it crosses open fields. Two modern features, a road bridge over the race and a windmill, do not contribute. The tailrace matters because it was integral to the c. 1860 mill, which ground flour and other grains for local farmers until 1940. It is described as a rare surviving mid-nineteenth-century example that keeps its original location, setting and design apart from a roughly 14-foot section altered by the bridge. Deeds trace the land from the estate of Jacob Hanger in 1877 through several later owners.","period_of_significance":"c. 1860-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the parcel is used as fallow and active agricultural fields. The tailrace has stone walls on one section and earthen banks lined with trees on another.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.478659-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6797/41679701/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12001265.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001265/19a443c57c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001265/19a443c57c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanger_Mill_with_fence.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanger_Mill_with_fence.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679701","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanger_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712456"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/hanger-mill-boundary-increase-12001265/"}