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for Antiquarian Arts and the Diffusion of Knowledge
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A. Name of Multiple Property Listings
North River Mills
Includes:
Bailes
Gilson [Lancia, Sisa,
?]
Werth
Hall
Baker
Scott/Muse
United Methodist Church
B. Associated Historic Context
Enter name of historic contexts related to the multiple property submission and used in preparing the multiple property form
1700's-1900's
TRANSPORTATION:
SOCIAL:
ECONOMIC:
C. Form Prepared By
Name/Title- CCHall Date-
D. Certification
This form is completed by state Historic Preservation Officer or Federal Preservation Officer
E. Statement of Historic Contexts
ECONOMIC
Three grinding mills
Last grinding mill operates during early 1800's
Snapp Mill closed/blown up to put road through
1936 Heavy snow collapsed the Miller Mill
SOCIAL
1751 George Washington surveyed
1753 Thomas Parker's land grant 273 acres
Sarah Gibbons kidnapped
Virginia Militia and small band if Indians fight and force settlers off their land
Settlement in the area was encouraged after peace by Lord Fairfax
War of Rebellion North River Mills had several small incidents
1802 Kump House built
1818 Gustavus Croston walked to Richmond
1893 Church built
1933 School closed
TRANSPORTATION
First road west Great Wagon Road from Winchester North River Wagon Road
Northwest Turnpike complete
1930's North River Road 4/2 main road for Hampshire county
F. Associated Property Types
two barns
Miller Barn
G. Geographical Data
State of West Virginia
Past
H. Summary of Identification and Evaluation Methods
Discuss the methods used in developing the multiple property listing
I. Major Bibliographical References
List major written works and primary location of documentation, state historic Preservation office, other state agency, Federal agency, local government, university, or other specifying repository
Bibliography:
Frontier Forts Along the Potomac and Its Tributaries, by William Ansel [a well documented reference to colonial Virginia frontier forts, the work does have some mistakes as certain types of records were not researched and this subject is a very difficult one to get contemporary, authoritative information on; no other work covers the subject as extensively.]
History of Hampshire County, West Virginia, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present; by Hu Maxwell and H. L. Swisher; A. Brown Boughner, Morgantown, WV, 1897 (reprinted by McClain Printing Company, Parsons, WV, 1972) [This is the most important and complete history of the county; although much of the information is anecdotal, no researcher can afford to overlook this source. Covers periods from earliest days to late 1800s.]
A History of the Valley of Virginia by Samuel Kercheval, Woodstock, Va., 1850 [This is one of the most important sources for research on the colonial Virginia northern frontier; although much of the information is anecdotal, it does contain information and stories found no where else. Kercheval was broadly copied by later authors.]
***The Virginia Frontier, 1754-1763; by Louis K. Koontz; Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1925. [reprint: Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1992. (301)390-7709] [Gives a very well coordinated and documented history of the era of the French and Indian War on the Colonial Virginia frontier.]
Capon Valley: Its Pioneers and Descendants, 1698-1940; by Maud Pugh; originally published in two volumes in 1946 and 1948. (republished as a single indexed volume) [Miss Pugh often refers to items for which no current documents are available; although her work has some of the mistakes and inconsistencies of early genealogies and anecdotal histories, her work is among the most important sources for Hampshire County genealogies and family histories.]
*** George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry; ed. by Warren Hofstra; Madison House Publishers, Madison, WI, 1998 [This is a new book which deals in depth with the area of Hampshire County in Washington's day and his effect on it and its effect on him. There are two chapters of special interest: one on Washington the surveyor and the other on Washington's experience as Commander of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War.]
***Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Co., Va.; by Wilmer L. Kerns; [Contains genealogical information on the Edwards and other early Hampshire County families.]
Early Records Hampshire County Virginia Now West Virginia; by Clara McCormack Sage and Laura Sage Jones; Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore, Md., 1969 [ Includes wills, grants and deeds of Hampshire County, WV.]
"War and Heartbreak in the North River and Cacapon Valleys", The West Virginia Avocate, 15, February, 1990
"Charles Miller, Keeper of the Keys", The West Virginia Avocate, 5 April 1982
Hall, Charles C. and Stephanie L. Bailes. "Old wagon road discovered." Hampshire Review
Bailes, Stephanie L. "North River Mills Big in History." Hampshire Review 21 April 1999:1B
Kesner, Don. " North River Mills Days" Hampshire Review 16 June 1999: 1B [ Gives a sampling of modern life in North River Mill]
A Brief Look at North River Mills; Bailes, Stephanie L. and Charles C. Hall; North River Mills, West Virginia., 1993
Section ?: List of properties and their descriptions: [see deed
references]
One Room School House
Owners - Clark
Windows-
Doors - 1
Stories- 1 and attic
Exterior - wooden
---
Church
Owners- Methodist Church
Windows- 8
Doors- 1
Stories- 1 with a balcony
Exterior- white wooden siding
House Beside the Church
Owners- Clark
Windows-
Doors-
Stories- 2 with an attic
Exterior - white wooden siding (built by ? Morland who also built the church) ---
Outbuildings- 1
Barns- 1
Outhouse - 1
Porches-2 (screened and open)
---
Miller House
Owners- Bailes
Windows- 27
Doors- 7
Stories - 2 with an attic
Exterior- white wooden siding
Out buildings- 4
Barns- 1
Outhouse- 1
Porches- 3 (screened, patio, open)
---
Miller Mill
Owners- Bailes
Windows- 1
Doors- 1
Stories- 1 (original had 3)
Exterior- wooden, stone foundation ---
Kump House
Owners- Gilson (outdated)
Windows - 14
Doors- 3 (I cellar door)
Stories- 2 with an attic and cellar
Exterior- restored log structure
Outbuildings- 1
Porches- 3 ---
Kump Cemetery
Owners - Gilson/ Bailes
Markers-
wall surounds it ---
Shanholtz Mill
Owners- Bailes
Exterior- cement foundation ---
North River Mills Grocery
Owners- Werth
Windows-
Doors-
Stories- 2
Exterior- Wooden siding
Outbuildings- 1
Porches-1 --- Yellow House
(now white)
Owner- Hall
windows- 10 (unusual 1/2 over 1 windows on first
floor front)
Doors- 3
Stories- 2 with a crawl space
Exterior- yellow wooden siding; porch on front and one side ---
Croston House
Owner- Scott/Muse
Windows-
Doors-
Stories-
Exterior- white wooden siding
Outbuildings- 2
Barns- 1
Outhouse- 1
Porches- 2
--- Snapp Mill site (nothing remains except hint of raceway and foundation)
Owners- Baker
only a few rocks from the foundation remains --------
Criteria
A. Initial settlement of a frontier
expansion of transportation - was on main colonial
road but in 1830s the
Northwest Turnpike bypasses this community
Civil War (several skirmishes
or incidents)
Industrial Revolution
B. Historic Persons:
C. Best example of 19th and 20th century rural architecture in Hampshire County |
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