Colvin Run Mill
S of Great Falls at 10017 Colvin Run Rd., Great Falls, Virginia
Map
Coordinates:
+38.96902, -77.2937238°58'08" N, 77°17'37" W
Quadrangle map:Vienna
Description
Colvin Run Mill is a working example of Oliver Evans' (1755-1819) automated process that revolutionized late 18th and early 19th century flour milling in America. His innovative concepts were the foundation of the modern automated industries that followed. He was granted a federal patent in 1790 on milling improvements, and by 1792 more than 100 mills had adopted his machinery. Locally, George Washington received one of the first licenses to use Evans' system in his mill on Dogue Creek in Fairfax County. -- Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 1977
- Reference number
- 77001487
- Areas of significance
- Engineering; Agriculture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Processing; Manufacturing facility
- Current functions
- Museum; Park
- Periods of significance
- 1800-1824; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1810; 1820
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 4
Update Log
- April 11, 2017: New Street View added by Michael Miller