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Cooks Old Mill
Set at the confluence of Laurel and Indian Creeks just a quarter mile west of Greenville, West Virginia, Cooks Old Mill is a remarkably preserved 1857 gristmill standing on the site of a frontier mill dating to the 1790s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989, this privately kept park-like venue invites travelers to wander its grounds, glimpse massive hand-hewn timbers and water turbines, and experience a living thread of Appalachian heritage stretching back to the first settlers who crossed the Allegheny Mountains. The mill complex encompasses more than just the main building: a concrete dam spanning the millpond, a circa-1843 log cabin moved from nearby War Ridge, a sprawling blacksmith forge building filled with early twentieth-century machinery, and a restored miller's house. Together they form a small open-air museum where traditional crafts and community life converge.