Brookside Farm and Mill
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Brookside Farm and Mill
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Roadside view of the main house
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| Location | 4161 Wilson Highway, Independence, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°WCoordinates: 36°37′06″N 81°13′31″W / 36.61833°N 81.22528°W |
| Area | 447 acres (181 ha) |
| Built | 1876 |
| Built by | Robert Landreth, Samuel M. Fulton, et al. |
| NRHP Reference # | 05001272 |
| VLR # | 038-0009 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 16, 2005 |
| Designated VLR | September 14, 2005 |
Brookside Farm and Mill is a historic grist mill and farm complex located at Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The Brookside Mill was built in 1876, and is a three-story, three bay by three bay, heavy timber frame building measuring 30 feet by 35 feet. The principal dwelling was built in 1877, and is a two-story, three bay, frame building with a central passage plan. Other contributing buildings and structures include a brick spring house, brick smokehouse, log corn crib, frame hen house (c. 1910-1912), miller's cabin (c. 1880), the miller's cottage or Graham House (c. 1900), a frame service station / garage (1918), and concrete dam (1914) and earthen mill race.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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