Breckinridge Mill

{{short description|Historic former gristmill in Virginia, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Breckinridge Mill | nrhp_type = | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = May 20, 1980, March 17, 1999<ref name="VLR list">{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|accessdate=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 011-0187 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Breckinridge Mill.jpg | caption = Northern side | location = W of Fincastle on VA 600, 7850 Breckinridge Mill Rd., near Fincastle, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|37|29|55|N|79|54|40|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | built = {{Start date|1822}}, 1900 | architecture = Queen Anne | added = July 30, 1980, May 30, 2002 (Boundary Increase) | area = {{convert|4.4|acre}} | refnum = 80004172, 02000588 (Boundary Increase)<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} '''Breckinridge Mill''', also known as Howell's Mill and Breckinridge Mill Complex, is a historic grist mill complex located near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. The mill was built about 1822, and is a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story, brick structure. The mill was converted to apartments in 1977. Associated with the mill are two contributing wood-frame, late 19th-century sheds. Also associated with the mill is the miller's or Howell house. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame structure with a T-plan and gabled roof. The mill was built for James Breckinridge (1763-1833) and replaced an earlier mill erected by him in 1804.<ref name=VAnom>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Breckinridge Mill |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff |date=May 1980 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources |access-date=2013-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927065203/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-27 |url-status=dead }}, {{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_Boundary_Increase_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Breckinridge Mill Complex Historic District |author=Calder Loth and Jean McRae |date=April 2002 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources |access-date=2013-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927065213/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/011-0187_Breckinridge_Mill_Boundary_Increase_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-27 |url-status=dead }}, and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Botetourt/Breckinridge_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2002.<ref name=nris/>

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Category:Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1822 Category:Houses completed in 1900 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Botetourt County, Virginia Category:1822 establishments in Virginia Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia