Dellinger Mill
Dellinger Mill is a historic grist mill located near Hawk, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1901–1903, and is a small unpainted rectangular frame building. It measures 18 feet by 14 feet, 6 inches, and is sheathed in chestnut boards and weatherboard. It has a 23 feet in diameter water wheel that was rebuilt in the 1940s. Other contributing resources are an apple house (c. 1901-1903) and the mill site. The mill operated until 1955 and was restored after 1997.[2] It is the last water powered/stone ground grist mill of its kind left in the state of North Carolina.[3]
Dellinger Mill | |
 Dellinger Mill, June 2013 | |
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| Location | S side of Cane Creek Rd., just W of jct. with NC 1239, near Hawk, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°1′1″N 82°5′53″W |
| Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | c. 1901-1903 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001385[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1998 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Davyd Foard Hood (April 1998). "Dellinger Mill" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- Dellinger Mill website
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