Cooper's Mill

Cooper's Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Off Ellison Ridge Rd. (County Route 27), near Jumping Branch, West Virginia
Coordinates:	37°36′21″N 80°58′40″W / 37.60583°N 80.97778°W / 37.60583; -80.97778Coordinates: 37°36′21″N 80°58′40″W / 37.60583°N 80.97778°W / 37.60583; -80.97778
Area:	10.2 acres (4.1 ha)
Built:	1930
Architect:	Lilly, William Calvin; Cooper, Thomas Moody
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	01000775[1]
Added to NRHP:	July 25, 2001

Cooper's Mill, also known as Tom Cooper Mill, is a historic grist mill located of County Route 27 near Jumping Branch, Summers County, West Virginia. The original mill was built in 1869, and was a 18 feet long by 16 feet wide building constructed of squared logs with "V"-notched corners. In 1930, the original superstructure was dismantled down to the last five log courses, and a 2 1/2 story wood frame building was erected over the logs and the original sandstone foundation. The mill is sheathed in board and batten siding and topped by a gable roof. In 1930, a new waterwheel by the Fitz Water Wheel Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania was added to the mill. Also on the property is a blacksmith's shop dated to about 1900.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Dr. Jack Wills and Alan Rowe (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cooper's Mill". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/summers/01000775.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-09.