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200 years ago, and has had several names. It was usually named after the mill’s owner.
Some of the names have been Jett’s Mill, Baggarlv’s Mill, Avon Mill, Cox’s Mill, Cafvert Mill, Kennerley’s Mill, and Rush River Mill.
According to Elisabeth B. and C.E. Johnson, Jr.’s book Rappahannock County Virginia History, flour was made at the mill as late as the 1920’s. During the 1800’s, the mill ground flour, feed and meal.
One of the most recent uses for the mill was as a setting for the Blue Ridge Music Festival in the 1960’s.
The property also contains another building of more recent vintage which apparently served as a sandwich shop or perhaps an ice cream stand.
Just past the mill the road crosses over the Rush River. VDOT representatives have said that at some point they will probably close the bridge to motor vehicles, leaving it open as a walking path. Rappahannock County is full of such old mills. Naturally they were built on land that floods. If Mr. Starke can find a successful new life for this one, perhaps others may find new owners and new uses.
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