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Boxley Grist Mill, Boxley vicinity on State Route 43, Buffalo National River, Ponca, Newton County, AR

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Boxley Grist Mill, Boxley vicinity on State Route 43, Buffalo National River, Ponca, Newton County, AR

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Summary

Significance: The Boxley Grist Mill is an example of a once common industry which provided custom milling services in rural areas. The mill, though deteriorated, still retains the millpond, raceways, machinery, and equipment necessary for a small but important multipurpose industry. Like most mills, Boxley Mill was substantially modified over its 91 years of operation. The mill extant today dated from c. 1870 when it was rebuilt by the Villines family. A wooden, overshot water wheel was replaced by a metal turbine when the mill was converted to a roller mill grinding process. A single pair of millstones continued to be used to grind corn meal until the 1960s when the mill's history of community service ended. At the time of documentation the mill was being stabilized by the National Park Service.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N737
Survey number: HAER AR-3
Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Villines Family
Gould, Alec, sponsor
Buffalo National River, sponsor
Southwest Cultural Resources Center, sponsor
Sellars, Richard W, sponsor
Arkansas State Historic Preservation Office, sponsor
Stiles, Wilson, sponsor
Kapsch, Robert J, project manager
Delony, Eric, project manager
Howell, Charles, field team
Brown, Jeffrey, field team
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Library of Congress
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