Tyro Mill

Tyro Mill
Location VA 56 (Crabtree Falls Hwy), Tyro, Virginia
Coordinates 37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556Coordinates: 37°49′5″N 79°0′20″W / 37.81806°N 79.00556°W / 37.81806; -79.00556
Built 1846
NRHP reference # 06000749 [1]
VLR # 062-0028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 30, 2006
Designated VLR June 8, 2006[2]

Tyro Mill is a historic grist mill located at Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. It is a multi-story frame mill built in 1846-47 with an addition made in the late nineteenth century. It has a metal-sheathed gable roof and a stone foundation. There is an overshot metal wheel in a stone wheel well and remnants of the head race. The mill contains original machinery including wood gears and drive shafts, two runs of millstones, and a husk frame in the basement gear pit. Also on the property is a mid-19th century log dwelling—traditionally identified as the miller’s house—with twentieth century frame additions and front porch.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Tyro Mill. Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. 2008-11-21. and Accompanying photograph


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