Boyd Mill Place

Boyd Mill Place
Location Weston, Georgia
Coordinates 31°58′08″N 84°32′41″W / 31.96889°N 84.54472°W / 31.96889; -84.54472Coordinates: 31°58′08″N 84°32′41″W / 31.96889°N 84.54472°W / 31.96889; -84.54472
Area 60 acres (24 ha)
Built c. 1870
Built by John Boyd
Architectural style New South Cottage; grist mill
NRHP reference # 09000752[1]
Added to NRHP September 24, 2009

Boyd Mill Place, also known as Davenport's Mill and Hearon's Mill, is the site of a historic grist mill constructed circa 1870 in Weston, Georgia in Webster County, Georgia. The mill was built by John Boyd and operated from c.1870 to 1963. Water supply for the mill is behind a 400 feet (120 m) earthen dam.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2009. It is located at 580 Mill Pond Road.[1]

The listing includes four contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. It includes the grist mill, a New South Cottage-style house for the miller (c.1910), and associated outbuildings: a pole barn (1993), a shed, a chicken house.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Steven Moffson (July 20, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Boyd Mill Place / Davenport's Mill, Hearon's Mill". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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