Colvin Run Mill

Colvin Run Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Colvin Run Mill
Nearest city	Great Falls, Virginia
Coordinates
Built	1810
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #	77001487
VLR #	029-0008
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1977
Designated VLR	September 21, 1976

Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia. Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry. Down the gravel path of the park is the miller's house, home to the families who ran the mill. In 1883, Addison Millard moved his family here when he bought the old mill. Addison, his wife Emma, and some of their 20 children lived there. When Addison died, the family stayed and operated the mill until 1934.

In the mid-1930s the mill was abandoned, and highway development caused the mill to be cut off from any near-by water source. The mill was later acquired by the Fairfax County Park Authority,repaired, and made open to the public.

External links

• Official website
• Colvin Run Mill, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, Fairfax County, VA: 2 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey
• Colvin Run Mill Park and Village
• Colvin Run Mill YouTube video. Retrieved September 07, 2009