Fidler's Mill

Fidler's Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Heaston Ridge Rd., Arlington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°47′58.128″N 80°20′48.516″W / 38.79948000°N 80.34681000°WCoordinates: 38°47′58.128″N 80°20′48.516″W / 38.79948000°N 80.34681000°W
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1849
Architect	Fidler, William; Wilson, E.G.
NRHP Reference #	97001414 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1997

Fidler's Mill is a historic grist mill located at Arlington, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was built in 1847-1849 and enlarged in 1916. It is a two to four story frame building built of yellow poplar on a stone foundation. The mill provided ground wheat and buckwheat for flour, and ground cornmeal, and also housed wool carding machines, which were used seasonally.^[2]

Both mill and town were named for Alfious Arlington Fidler, proprietor.^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Katherine M. Jourdan (June 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fidler's Mill" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 85.