Yates Mill and Yates Mill Pond
Yates Mill (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
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Item information
- Title:
- Yates Mill and Yates Mill Pond
- Description:
- Yates Mill was built in 1756 and operated as a commercial corn mill until 1953. Today it operates as a Wake County historic park, where corn grinding is done a few days a month for the public.
- Topics:
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Campus and Town
- Subjects:
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Mills and mill-work
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- 0228151
- Photographer:
- Wilson, Steven A. more info on Wilson, Steven A.
- Created Date:
- to
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Raleigh (N.C.) and the Triangle area (UA023.026) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Building: Yates Mill (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 4640 Lake Wheeler Road
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27603
- Provenance note:
- Samuel Pearson, was the first owner; Simon Pearson, was the second owner; William Boylan, businessman, director of State Bank and newspaper publisher was the third owner.
- Historical note:
- The site first began operating as a flour mill in 1761. The mill is the only survivor of several eighteenth century mills around Raleigh, and has been restored. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Flour mills
Historic sites
Mills and mill-work
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.718516, -78.686272
