Mabry Mill in Summer - Blue Ridge Parkway
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Mabry Mill in Summer - Blue Ridge Parkway
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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This isn’t the first time I photographed Mabry Mill. I shot it back in the spring before the trees were fully leafed out, and the wildflowers were starting to bloom. When I found myself passing through on the 4th of July, I could not resist a quick summer visit to the mill to see the seasonal changes.
The picturesque Mabry Mill in the small community of Meadows of Dan, Virginia, is a restored gristmill and sawmill in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is widely considered one of the most photographed historic sites in the United States.
Ed Mabry, the mill’s owner, had been working as a blacksmith in the coalfields of West Virginia when he returned home and began construction on the mill in 1903. Ed, a man, known for being able to do anything, first ran it as a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, and then it later became a sawmill. By 1905, Ed was operating as a gristmill. The front part of the mill was completed and included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer, and a jig-saw in 1910. Ed passed away in 1936, two years before planning for the Blue Ridge Parkway began, and the decision was made to save his mill as a cultural site.
Mabry Mill is located at mile 176.2 on the Virginia section of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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July 20th, 2020
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