{"nrhp_refnum":"99001199","name":"Crump's Mill and Millpond","other_names":["Bailey's Mill","DHR File No. 063-0070"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9065 Crump's Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quinton","county":"New Kent County","state":"VA","lat":37.53689801900006,"lon":-77.08943319459543,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame grist mill and its 16-acre millpond at Quinton in New Kent County, Virginia. The present mill was built in the 1870s to replace an earlier brick mill that stood before 1818.","why_significant":"The mill is presented as a typical Tidewater Virginia country mill that still retains much of its original machinery, which is described as exceedingly rare. The millpond is larger and older than most, and its watershed and ecosystem are described as largely undisturbed since the dam was built before 1818. Together they show how rural mills served farm economies and later generated electricity.","narrative":"Crump's Mill is a two-story, gable-roofed frame grist mill standing behind a dam in New Kent County, Virginia, with a 16-acre L-shaped millpond surrounded by wooded hills. Built in the 1870s after an 1872 fire destroyed an earlier brick mill, it measures about 30 by 20 feet and rests on a brick cellar, possibly reusing older brick. Much of its machinery survives, including a riveted steel Fitz overshot waterwheel about 14 feet across, shafting, gears, and French and granite millstones of unequal size. The mill also once ran a small generator for lighting. Records trace the site to Bailey's Mill, documented by 1782, and later to the Crump family and the Richardson family, who were the last to operate it. The property was recognized as a typical Tidewater country mill with rare original equipment, and for a pond whose watershed and ecosystem have stayed largely unchanged since before 1818. Restoration is under way.","period_of_significance":"1818 - 1949","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: grist mill","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restoration of the mill is under way; the machinery is being readied for reuse and the owners are building a new house on the hill above. The dam and millpond survive.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.237864-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/6820/41682054/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99001199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001199/894ce2d92f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001199/894ce2d92f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CRUMP%27S_MILL_AND_MILLPOND,_NEW_KENT_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:CRUMP%27S_MILL_AND_MILLPOND,_NEW_KENT_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682054","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crump%27s_Mill_and_Millpond","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712223"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/new-kent-county/crumps-mill-and-millpond-99001199/"}