{"nrhp_refnum":"12001269","name":"Stoner-Keller House and Mill","other_names":["Abraham Stoner House","John H. Keller House","Stoner Mill","Keller Mill","VDHR File #s 085-0084, 085-0910-0011","44sh0459"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2900 Battlefield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Strasburg","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.98638806000005,"lon":-78.40080459319125,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural mill complex at 2900 Battlefield Road in the hamlet of Fisher's Hill, near Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It has a four-story limestone gristmill built by 1772 and a brick Greek Revival miller's house built in 1844, plus a tailrace site, a tenant house, a bank barn and a dam ruin.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mill as the oldest of six surviving mills in Shenandoah County, with the longest operating history, and as an example of Valley milling shaped by Oliver Evans's methods. The brick house is described as a superior example of its type in a county where most rural houses are frame. Together they show the industrial and social life of the county from the 18th to the early 20th century. The form marks Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Along Tumbling Run in the hamlet of Fisher's Hill, west of Strasburg, stand a four-story limestone gristmill and a brick miller's house. The mill was operating by 1772, when a new road to it was petitioned. Around 1855 its roof was raised and reshaped into a gambrel to add a fourth story, and about 1895 a steel overshot wheel replaced the wooden one as the mill converted to roller machinery. The house, built in 1844 for miller Abraham Stoner, is a five-bay, two-story I-house in plain Greek Revival style. The mill is described as the oldest of six surviving mills in Shenandoah County, and it kept its millstones and wheel. It ground flour until 1958, and a small post office and a store once operated there. Families related by marriage held the property for generations. The buildings lay near the 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill but escaped major damage. Rehabilitation since 1973 has preserved the complex.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house and mill are described as in excellent condition and retaining integrity. The house is a dwelling, and the mill, rehabilitated ca. 2000, now has a function room, apartment, office and storage. The mill ceased operating in 1958.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.815469-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6836/41683617/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12001269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001269/10f78e0f5e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001269/10f78e0f5e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoner-Keller_Mill_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoner-Keller_Mill_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683617","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoner%E2%80%93Keller_House_and_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/stoner-keller-house-and-mill-12001269/"}