Big Otter Mill, also known as Forbes Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, USA. It was built about 1920 and is a large, 2½-story, mortise-and-tenon framed mill building, topped by an unusual and picturesque mansard roof. The mill retains a nearly complete set of early-20th century machinery, including a 13-feet diameter water wheel, which was used until the late 1940s. Also on the property are a contributing mill race and the foundation of a store.[3] The building is under restoration as a mill museum.
otter, mill, also, known, forbes, mill, historic, grist, mill, located, near, bedford, bedford, county, virginia, built, about, 1920, large, story, mortise, tenon, framed, mill, building, topped, unusual, picturesque, mansard, roof, mill, retains, nearly, comp. Big Otter Mill also known as Forbes Mill is a historic grist mill located near Bedford Bedford County Virginia USA It was built about 1920 and is a large 2 story mortise and tenon framed mill building topped by an unusual and picturesque mansard roof The mill retains a nearly complete set of early 20th century machinery including a 13 feet diameter water wheel which was used until the late 1940s Also on the property are a contributing mill race and the foundation of a store 3 The building is under restoration as a mill museum Big Otter MillU S National Register of Historic PlacesVirginia Landmarks RegisterBig Otter Mill September 2012Show map of VirginiaShow map of the United StatesLocationVA 122 near Bedford VirginiaCoordinates37 23 27 N 79 30 14 W 37 39083 N 79 50389 W 37 39083 79 50389Area1 7 acres 0 69 ha Built1920 1920 Built byForbes John Forbes ReedArchitectural styleGrist millNRHP reference No 98001314 1 VLR No 009 0152Significant datesAdded to NRHPOctober 30 1998Designated VLRSeptember 14 1998 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 1 References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Virginia Landmarks Register Virginia Department of Historic Resources Archived from the original on 2013 09 21 Retrieved 2013 05 12 Leslie A Giles July 1998 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Big Otter Mill PDF and Accompanying photoExternal links editBig Otter Mill website This article about a property in Bedford County Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Big Otter Mill amp oldid 1014717767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
