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 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.

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