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Aderholdt's Mill

Coordinates: 33°46′48″N 85°45′58″W / 33.780°N 85.766°W / 33.780; -85.766
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Aderholdt's Mill
The mill with the original water wheel as photographed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1935
Aderholdt's Mill is located in Alabama
Aderholdt's Mill
Aderholdt's Mill is located in the United States
Aderholdt's Mill
Nearest cityJacksonville, Alabama
Coordinates33°46′48″N 85°45′58″W / 33.780°N 85.766°W / 33.780; -85.766
Area15.2 acres (6.2 ha)
Built1836 (1836)
ArchitectCrutchfield, Thomas
NRHP reference No.88003077[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1988

Aderholdt's Mill was built about 1839 near Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. The 2+12-story brick mill is built in a hillside, originally with an overshot millwheel, replaced by an undershot turbine about 1936. It was built by Thomas Crutchfield for Thomas Riley Williams on an offshoot of Little Tallasseehatchie Creek for $2000, replacing a mill that had burned. It was sold in 1853 to James A. Stevenson. After a series of transactions the mill was purchased by James E. Aderholdt, who operated it with the new turbine until 1976. The mill and its machinery remain intact.[2]

Aderholdt's Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1988.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Shell, Mary Mason (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Aderholdt's Mill". National Park Service. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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