Murphy Grist Mill | |
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| Location | 138 Beekman Poughquag Rd., Poughquag, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′39″N 73°42′09″W / 41.61083°N 73.70250°W |
| Area | 0.62 acres (0.25 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000230[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 18, 2015 |
Murphy Grist Mill, also known as the Old Mill, is a historic grist mill located at Poughquag, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1889, and is a two-story, front-gabled, vernacular frame building with a stone and concrete foundation. It has a one-story, hipped roof porch supported by simple contemporary posts. Also on the property are the contributing ruins of a stone mill dam. During his 1909 campaign for New York State Senate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a political speech from the porch of the mill building. The mill remained in use until about 1940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. purchased the property in 1949 and the mill was used primarily for storage. During the mid-1980s, it was given to the Town of Beekman and restoration began in 2014.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 by local non-profit Youth for Restoration.[1]
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Bale Grist Mill Grain Cleaning and Sifting System - 2012 Governor's Historic Preservation Awards
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Murphy Windmill of Golden Gate Park - 2012 Governor's Historic Preservation Awards
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The 2012 California Governor’s Historic Preservation Awards were presented on November 29th at Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento. There were a total of 11 projects or individuals that received awards. What follows is the presentation made at the awards ceremony about one of the 2012 award winners. Restoration of Bale Grist Mill’s Historic Grain Cleaning and Sifting System This award recognizes the Napa Valley State Parks Association, which in 2006 undertook the six-year process of completing the final stage of restoring the Bale Grist Mill—restoring its historic grain cleaning and sifting system. Bale Grist Mill, with its original set of French Buhr stones and 36-foot redwood waterwheel, is the only water-powered grist mill still standing in California. The mill building, waterwheel and basic mill operation were restored by State Parks in the 1980s, but funds were exhausted before they could tackle restoration of the hand-built grain-cleaning and sifting system, which was left stacked in pieces. After evaluation by a millwright, the Association undertook the process of completing the final stage of the mill restoration. Funds from the Napa Valley Community Foundation, California State Parks Foundation, Proposition 84 Volunteer Enhancement Funds, a generous mill supporter, and numerous community members contributed to fund the restoration, a feat that is both note- and award-worthy. Without that dedication, Californians would lack access to the now fully-restored Bale Grist Mill and the story it tells of rural life in the Napa Valley in the 1850s and 1860s. Another way the Association has pursued its mission “to preserve, interpret, and enhance public awareness of our Napa Valley State Parks” was put into motion in 2011, when it was announced that Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park and its neighboring Bothe-Napa Valley State Park were on the closure list. The Association now partners with the Napa County Regional Parks and Open Space District to jointly operate Ball Grist Mill and Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2012 California Governor’s Historic Preservation Awards. Please view the additional videos available on this site for information about the other 2012 awards. For more information about this awards program, visit www.ohp.parks.ca.gov/governorsawards.
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/18/15 through 5/22/15. National Park Service. 2015-05-29.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Jennifer Betsworth and Viraj Kumar (December 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Murphy Grist Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying photographs
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