Lantz Mill, also known as Lantz Roller Mill, is a historic

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that h ...

located at Lantz Mills, near the town of Edinburg in

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. It was rebuilt in 1865, after being destroyed by Union troops in 1864 during "The Burning", an

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military action conducted by General

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in the Valley Campaigns of 1864. It is a -story frame building erected with post-and-beam construction. It sits on an eight foot high

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

foundation and has a steep standing seam metal gable roof. Four additions were made to the mill in the early 20th century. The mill foundation, mill race (contributing), and mill-dam were constructed some time before 1813. The mill closed in the late 1970s. an
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/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2007.

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Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Industrial buildings completed in 1867 Buildings and structures in Shenandoah County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Shenandoah County, Virginia 1867 establishments in Virginia {{ShenandoahCountyVA-NRHP-stub