{"nrhp_refnum":"82004559","name":"Springdale Mill Complex","other_names":["Springdale Flour Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bartonville","county":"Frederick County","state":"VA","lat":39.10972920000006,"lon":-78.20606508299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mill complex on the west side of U.S. Route 11 near Bartonville, Frederick County, Virginia, centered on a ca. 1788 coursed rubble limestone grist mill beside Opequon Creek, with a stone residence, a log-and-frame residence and outbuildings on about 4.5 acres.","why_significant":"The mill was built ca. 1788 by David Brown, replacing an earlier mill founded by Jost Hite, the first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley. It is a well-preserved example of an early industrial form that is fast disappearing. Its interior preserves equipment from the 19th and early 20th centuries, arranged on the floor-by-floor plan advocated by Oliver Evans. The nomination also notes the complex includes two probable early miller's houses.","narrative":"Springdale Mill Complex sits beside Opequon Creek near Bartonville in Frederick County, Virginia. Its centerpiece is a grist mill of coursed rubble limestone with wood-frame gables, built about 1788 by David Brown on a site where Jost Hite is believed to have erected the area's first mill around 1738. Brown's mill replaced that earlier structure and served local farmers who bought and sold grain and had it ground into flour. Inside, belt-driven machinery, flour packers, bins, buhrs, graders and a miller's office with its original safe reflect technological change into the early 20th century. The floor arrangement follows principles promoted by Oliver Evans. Across the road stands a limestone house, gutted by fire in the 1930s, and east of the mill is a frame house with a log core. Both were probably early miller's houses. The mill is valued as a well-preserved example of an early industrial type that is fast disappearing. Julian Stover operated it from 1923 until 1970.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Builder/architect listed as unknown; mill erected ca. 1788 by David Brown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Mill not presently operating but maintained in working condition; interior in an excellent state of preservation; condition marked good and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.063758-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/6808/41680808/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004559.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004559/97eeda56ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004559/97eeda56ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Joel Bradshaw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale-FrederickCountyVA-mill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Bradshaw</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Springdale-FrederickCountyVA-mill.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680808","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springdale_Mill_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/frederick-county/springdale-mill-complex-82004559/"}