{"nrhp_refnum":"82003506","name":"Shuping's Mill Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Faith on NC 152","address_restricted":false,"city":"Faith","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.55120128900006,"lon":-80.48322502099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural industrial complex of frame buildings on the south side of N.C. 152 along Dutch Second Creek in Faith, Rowan County, North Carolina, including a flour and corn mill with an attached saw mill, a family house, and several outbuildings. The mill building dates to 1900, and the cotton gin house was built in 1895.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant as a surviving example of the rural mills and cotton gins that once served Rowan County's agricultural economy. It is described as the only one of the Dutch Second Creek mills not dismantled or turned into an archaeological site, and its buildings are regarded as straightforward vernacular structures reflecting the utilitarian processes they housed. It is also associated with three generations of the Shuping family who operated milling concerns.","narrative":"Along Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina, stands a rural milling complex begun in 1895 when John Frick established a saw mill and cotton gin on the site. The Shuping family later expanded it, and the two-and-a-half story frame flour and corn mill was built in 1900 with steam power, with a saw mill attached. The complex also includes a 1924-1925 frame house, a springhouse, and a barn. The mill served local farmers for decades, with a post office and a telephone once housed inside. Its significance lies in its representation of the many small mills that once operated across the county before centralized processing took over in the early 1930s. The buildings are regarded as simple vernacular structures that reflect the utilitarian needs of their operations. Three generations of the Shuping family, including James Monroe, William Augustus, and Orlin Perry Shuping, ran the mill. Its survival as the only intact member of its group on the creek is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1900-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Buildings are deteriorated; the 1895 cotton gin house is completely deteriorated and collapsed, and the steam engines were removed in 1975.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.314323-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7220/47722094/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003506.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722094","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/shupings-mill-complex-82003506/"}