Autumn Reflection at Mabry Mill

by Dianne Sherrill

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Autumn Reflection at Mabry Mill

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Dianne Sherrill

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Photograph - Photography

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Autumn is reflected in a window of the Matthews Cabin located at Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. Some history about it... when Edwin Boston Mabry (1867-1936) built his water powered mill in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, he had no way of knowing it would become one of the most photographed places in the United States. The mill, on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 176.1, draws several hundred thousand visitors each year. The gristmill and sawmill have been restored by park naturalists so visitors might see live exhibits, a real mill, and a working miller to demonstrate the milling process. The grounds of the mill include other interpretive media all designed to tell about mountain industry.

The Matthews Cabin is an outstanding example of mountain architecture and workmanship and offers an intriguing look into the tanning and shoe making crafts. There is also a whiskey still, a sorghum mill and a working blacksmith shop. Mabry Mill was a community center for the Meadows of Dan area when it operated as a gristmill and sawmill.

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February 7th, 2021

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