{"nrhp_refnum":"74002149","name":"White's Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Abingdon on White Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abingdon","county":"Washington County","state":"VA","lat":36.768026441000075,"lon":-81.98831752699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame water-powered grist mill northwest of Abingdon on White Mill Road in Washington County, Virginia, on Toole's Creek. A mill has stood on the site since 1796, and the present building probably dates to the mid-19th century.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a rare working example of the stages of grist milling technology in one building, from Oliver Evans-style late 18th-century methods to late 19th-century roller mills. It is described as the only known working, commercially run, water-powered mill in Southwest Virginia.","narrative":"White's Mill is a frame grist mill northwest of Abingdon, Virginia, fed by Toole's Creek. A mill has operated here since 1796, though the present two-story building on a sloping basement, with a full attic under a gable roof, probably dates from the mid-19th century. It was built as a water-powered buhr mill with two sets of millstones, then expanded in the late 19th century with three roller mills and modern bolting and sifting equipment. A twenty-foot Fitz overshot wheel drives it, and most interior gearing is handmade of wood. An earthen and wooden race carries water from the creek, and a coursed rubble limestone dam with a hydraulic ram belongs to the complex. The mill has run almost continuously as a commercial or semi-commercial operation, grinding grain for toll or a fixed price. It was listed as the only known working, commercially run, water-powered mill in Southwest Virginia and a rare record of changing milling technology.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described in the 1974 nomination as in excellent condition, unaltered and occupied, and still grinding grain with occasional public openings. Later correspondence (1998) reports serious structural and mill race deterioration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.735935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/6840/41684071/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002149.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002149/f1c3ef06df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002149/f1c3ef06df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rutke421 (talk) 00:06, 25 April 2011 (UTC)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whites_Mill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rutke421 (talk) 00:06, 25 April 2011 (UTC)</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:Whites_Mill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684071","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%27s_Mill_(Abingdon,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903226"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/washington-county/whites-mill-74002149/"}