The Pine Creek Mill

The Pine Creek Mill in Floyd, VA is located on Sandy Flats Road just a few hundred feet North of  Shooting Creek Road. It was restored by Phil Gettel, who died in late 2005 leaving the mill to his first wife and daughter.

I first discovered this mill through a phone call from a member of SPOOM, the Society for the Preservation Of Old Mills. He was visiting Floyd specifically to see the old mills in the county and he could not find anyone who knew where the mill was. I Googled Pine Creek Mill and located some old photos and sketchy directions to the site.

I drove to the site and took enough pictures so that you can see construction details and the current state of repair. The mill was restored by Phil Gettel, who died in late 2005 leaving the mill to his daughter, Sara Gettel. I understand that Sara is trying to find a way to keep the mill in fully restored condition. Although it looks well cared for, it has lost a few clapboards on the South side of the building.

All images of the mill can be found in the Pine Creek Mill photo album on the right sidebar. The images have been reduced in size for high speed downloading. If you want high resolution images or photographs, send me an email.

Other images of the mill taken by others:

Mill photo by Janet Hill.

More pictures by Ruth C. Taylor in 2004.

A photo by taken by Dan Gutierez in 2005.

Comments

[Tom King]

Any chance of getting some inside shots?

[fletch]

Very informative and interesting. Back at my home turf in the Chattanooga area I used Civil War era maps (which were very accurate) to locate old mill sites. In some cases you could still see some signs of the mill's existence, but only if you knew a mill had once been there. For example, very small sections of rock walls along the creek bank, or man-made disturbances along the creek bottom where the dam or mill run used to be. These mills once were common and the centers of communities, but most are gone now except for the few that have been preserved or restored.

[Terri]

This is going to be a great photo blog and lots of interesting info. So I'll be checking back often and when I get a chance, I'll add it to the photo blogs at my place.
Love this mill and the grounds look gorgeous! I can see your area is a photographers paradise and I'll sure have my camera with me in October.

[Ruth C. Taylor]

Hi,
I just happened to do a google search and found my name and link on your page of the Pine Creek Mill :)
Thanks for including me.
I enjoy photographing mills, so if you have info on any others on the East coast that I might visit in my travels, let me know.

I'm glad I found this link, gave me some history of the old Pine Creek Mill that I didnt know about before. I visited there in Oct 2004 :)
Here is a link to the mills I have visited since 2004

http://www.pbase.com/reflectionsbyruth/gallery/mills

[Perennial Place]

That is a pretty interesting article. You don't see old shacks like that in such good condition anymore, and the wildlife surrounding it is beautiful.