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{{short description|Historic building in West Virginia, US}}
{{short description|Historic building in West Virginia, US}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
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| name = Cook's Mill
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| caption = Cook's Mill in 2022. The mill building ''(left)'' dates from 1857, while the forge building ''(right)'' was constructed in the late 1980s.
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| location = County Route 2, near [[Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia|Greenville, West Virginia]]
| location = County Route 2, near [[Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia|Greenville, West Virginia]]
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'''Cook's Mill''', also known as The Old Mill and The Greenville Mill, is a historic [[grist mill]] and [[sawmill]] and national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] located near [[Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia|Greenville]], [[Monroe County, West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The district includes one contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main mill building was built in 1857 on the original stone foundation and site of an earlier mill built in approximately 1796. It is a 2 1/2 story, plus basement, hand-hewn post-and-beam building, with massive timbers pegged at their [[mortise and tenon]] joints. The district also includes the dam, mill pond, tail race and stream.<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/monroe/88001857.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cook's Mill|date=May 1988|accessdate=2011-08-18 |author=James P. Wells|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}</ref>
'''Cook's Mill''', also known as The Old Mill and The Greenville Mill, is a historic [[grist mill]] and [[sawmill]] and national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] located near [[Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia|Greenville]], [[Monroe County, West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The district includes one contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main mill building was built in 1857 on the original stone foundation and site of an earlier mill built in approximately 1796. It is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, plus basement, hand-hewn post-and-beam building, with massive timbers pegged at their [[mortise and tenon]] joints. The district also includes the dam, mill pond, tail race and stream.<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cooks-mill.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cook's Mill|date=May 1988|access-date=2011-08-18 |author=James P. Wells|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}</ref>

The site also contains several noncontributing structures, including a log house dating from about 1843 that was moved to the site from nearby War Ridge in 1990, and a [[forge]] building constructed in the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Information |url=http://www.cooksoldmill.com/text/general.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Cook's Old Mill}}</ref>


It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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[[File:Cook's Mill 2022f.jpg|thumb|left|Rear of the mill]]
[[File:Cook's Mill outbuildings 2022c.jpg|thumb|left|Log cabin dating from about 1843, which was moved to the site in 1990]]


{{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia}}
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Monroe County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Monroe County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Grinding mills in West Virginia]]
[[Category:Sawmills in the United States]]
[[Category:Sawmills in the United States]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in Virginia]]

Latest revision as of 06:23, 10 April 2024

Cook's Mill
Cook's Mill in 2022. The mill building (left) dates from 1857, while the forge building (right) was constructed in the late 1980s.
Cook's Mill is located in West Virginia
Cook's Mill
Cook's Mill is located in the United States
Cook's Mill
LocationCounty Route 2, near Greenville, West Virginia
Coordinates37°32′42″N 80°41′14″W / 37.54500°N 80.68722°W / 37.54500; -80.68722
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1857
ArchitectHumphries, James
NRHP reference No.88001857[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1989

Cook's Mill, also known as The Old Mill and The Greenville Mill, is a historic grist mill and sawmill and national historic district located near Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. The district includes one contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main mill building was built in 1857 on the original stone foundation and site of an earlier mill built in approximately 1796. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, plus basement, hand-hewn post-and-beam building, with massive timbers pegged at their mortise and tenon joints. The district also includes the dam, mill pond, tail race and stream.[2]

The site also contains several noncontributing structures, including a log house dating from about 1843 that was moved to the site from nearby War Ridge in 1990, and a forge building constructed in the late 1980s.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

This is near the original site of Cook's Station (Fort) built by Valentine Cook in the early 1770s. This was the site of the first marriage in that county, of Phillip Hamman and Christina Cook in 1780. He being known as Savior Of The Greenbrier for his run, along with John Pryor, to warn the Greenbrier settlements in 1778 of an impending Indian attack.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ James P. Wells (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cook's Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  3. ^ "General Information". Cook's Old Mill. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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Rear of the mill
Log cabin dating from about 1843, which was moved to the site in 1990


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