VA 56 (Crabtree Falls Hwy), Tyro, Virginia. County/parish: Nelson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 30, 2006. NRIS 06000749.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Tyro Mill is a historic grist mill located at Tyro, Nelson County, Virginia. It is a multi-story frame mill built in 1846–47 with an addition made in the late nineteenth century. It has a metal-sheathed gable roof and a stone foundation. There is an overshot metal wheel in a stone wheel well and remnants of the head race. The mill contains original machinery including wood gears and drive shafts, two runs of millstones, and a husk frame in the basement gear pit. Also on the property is a mid-19th century log dwelling—traditionally identified as the miller's house—with twentieth century frame additions and front porch.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682033