Alcovy Road Grist Mill
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Why it's listed
Alcovy Road Grist Mill is a water-powered milling complex on the east side of the Alcovy River, about five miles east of Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The two-and-one-half story mill was built between 1868 and 1879 with hand-hewn timbers joined by mortise and tenon and wooden pegs. The complex also includes a V-shaped stone dam from about 1910, two mill races with gates, a historic waterwheel, and the site of the miller's house. Most of the interior machinery, including the millstones, belts and gears, remains in place. The mill ground grain until 1986 and in the 1930s supplied meal to state prison camps and a hospital at Lula. It was listed as a good example of utilitarian rural mill design, as a reminder of Georgia's agricultural economy, and for the surviving relationship among river, race and mill. Few operable grist mills remain in the state.
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| Period of significance | 1868-1948 |
|---|---|
| Styles | OTHER/Utilitarian |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Engineering, Industry, Landscape Architecture |
| Acreage | 3.2 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Alcovy Road Grist Mill (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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