Boyd Mill Place

Coordinates: 31°58′08″N 84°32′41″W / 31.96889°N 84.54472°W / 31.96889; -84.54472
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Boyd Mill Place
Boyd Mill Place is located in Georgia
Boyd Mill Place
LocationWeston, Georgia
Coordinates31°58′08″N 84°32′41″W / 31.96889°N 84.54472°W / 31.96889; -84.54472
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Builtc. 1870
Built byJohn Boyd
Architectural styleNew South Cottage; grist mill
NRHP reference No.09000752[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 2009

Boyd Mill Place, also known as Davenport's Mill and Hearon's Mill, is the site of a historic grist mill constructed circa 1870 in Weston, Georgia in Webster County, Georgia. The mill was built by John Boyd and operated from c.1870 to 1963. Water supply for the mill is behind a 400 feet (120 m) earthen dam.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2009. It is located at 580 Mill Pond Road.[1]

The listing includes four contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. It includes the grist mill, a New South Cottage-style house for the miller (c.1910), and associated outbuildings: a pole barn (1993), a shed, a chicken house.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Steven Moffson (July 20, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Boyd Mill Place / Davenport's Mill, Hearon's Mill". National Park Service. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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