Fidler's Mill is a historic grist mill located at Arlington, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was built in 1847-1849 and enlarged in 1916. It is a two to four story frame building built of yellow poplar on a stone foundation. The mill provided ground wheat and buckwheat for flour, and ground cornmeal, and also housed wool carding machines, which were used seasonally.[2]
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| Location | Heaston Ridge Rd., Arlington, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°47′58.128″N 80°20′48.516″W / 38.79948000°N 80.34681000°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | Fidler, William; Wilson, E.G. |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001414 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1997 |
Both mill and town were named for Alfious Arlington Fidler, proprietor.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Katherine M. Jourdan (June 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fidler's Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 85.
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