McCormick Mill Restoration Project | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

McCormick Mill Restoration Project

McCormick Mill Restoration Project | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View of the front of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove, with a wooden walkway up to the open door or window on the right. An exterior chimney is to the left of the entrance, and an open window is above near the peaked roof. The mill is built into the side of a hill. Trees are below in the background. Accompanying note reads: "Original McCormick Mill Building, constructed about 1800, as it appeared in the summer of 1937. Note the leaning chimney which is forcing the building off its foundation."
DESCRIPTION
View of the front of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove, with a wooden walkway up to the open door or window on the right. An exterior chimney is to the left of the entrance, and an open window is above near the peaked roof. The mill is built into the side of a hill. Trees are below in the background. Accompanying note reads: "Original McCormick Mill Building, constructed about 1800, as it appeared in the summer of 1937. Note the leaning chimney which is forcing the building off its foundation."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:154423
Creation Date: 08 1937
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Raphine
County:
State:Virginia
Collection Name:McCormick family properties photographs and graphic materials, circa 1883-1966
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:M2002-176, Box 1, Folder 15
Original Dimensions:8 x 10 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Walnut Grove Restoration Project Photographs — Master Set #1. Accompanying notes describe these photographs as: "Received from Herbert A. Keller 20 photographs of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove Farm, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Loaned for display in the Graue Mill on Salt Creek, near Hinsdale, Illinois. June 12, 1951."
SUBJECTS
Outdoor photography
Farms
Hills
Farm buildings
Deterioration
Grist mills
Architectural details
Chimneys
Conservation and restoration
Trees

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