Springdale Mill Complex, also known as Springdale Flour 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 Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

complex located near Bartonsville,

Frederick County, Virginia Frederick County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,419. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. It is Virginia's northernmost count ...

. The mill was built about 1788, and is constructed of coursed rubble

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms wh ...

with wood-frame end gables. Associated with the mill are a number of outbuildings which were erected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a -story rubble limestone residence, and a -story wood-frame residence. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1982.

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1788 establishments in Virginia Buildings and structures in Frederick County, Virginia Flour mills in the United States Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Industrial buildings completed in 1788 National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Virginia {{FrederickCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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