{"nrhp_refnum":"93000936","name":"Old Brick Mill","other_names":["Jones Mill","Hoss Mill","Silver Creek Mills","Folly Mills"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Park St. at Silver Cr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lindale","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.188703143000055,"lon":-85.17436198799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A square, two-story brick grist mill with attic on a raised basement, on Park Street in Lindale, Floyd County, Georgia, beside Silver Creek. Built in the 1830s, traditionally by Larkin Barnett.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the only known antebellum brick grist mill found in a study of northwest Georgia grist mills, and one of few individually established antebellum mill buildings to survive in the state. It is significant for architecture and engineering, for industry as a grain-grinding center until about 1900, and for community development as a gathering place.","narrative":"Beside Silver Creek in Lindale, Georgia, stands a square, two-story brick mill with an attic and raised basement, built in the 1830s and traditionally credited to Larkin Barnett. Brick was unusual for grist mills in north Georgia, where wood was the common material, and the building resembles New England stone mills. The nomination describes it as the only known antebellum brick grist mill found in a study of northwest Georgia mills. For about sixty years it ground corn and wheat for surrounding farmers and served as a focal point where no town existed. Under William H. Jones it became known as Jones' Mill. Grinding ended around 1900 as large textile mills grew around it. Later, local groups such as the Boy Scouts, Masons and the American Legion met there. The Lindale Garden Club restored it between 1972 and 1975, replacing windows and floors and adding utilities. The mill was listed for its architecture, engineering, industry and role in community life.","period_of_significance":"1835/1845-ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other (appears Georgian but probably designed in a functional manner)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored 1972-1975 and reopened to the public in 1975; current function listed as recreation and culture. All original milling equipment is gone.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.580841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/93000936.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000936/cbbd56ceb1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000936/cbbd56ceb1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lindale_Grist_Mill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lindale_Grist_Mill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Brick_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134304360"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/old-brick-mill-93000936/"}