Boones Mill Historic District

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archaeological resources.

The Boones Mill Historic District encompasses the historic business district of the Town of Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia, and those contiguous residential areas that have a concentration of historic buildings. Located within the Blue Ridge Mountains, the topography includes steep ridges flanking a narrow, generally level valley through which Maggodee Creek flows. East of the creek, a railroad line winds through the district, following hillside contours. The commercial center and oldest developed residential areas are located on the flatter lands, while later residential areas typically occupy the steep hillsides. The District, approximately 45.3 acres in size, includes commercial development on Boon Street, Boones Mill Road, Easy Street, Main Street, Virgil H. Goode Highway (U.S. 220), and Bethlehem Road; and residential development along Dogwood Hill Road, Easy Street, and Maggodee Ridge Lane.

The district includes a total of seventy-five (75) resources. Of these, fifty-eight (58) are contributing, and seventeen (17) are noncontributing. The contributing resources include an industrial site, nineteen (19) houses, sixteen (16) domestic secondary structures, three (3) agricultural outbuildings, thirteen (13) commercial buildings, two (2) rail-related resources, a town hall, a town siren, and two (2) meeting halls for social and civic groups. The non-contributing resources include eight (8) commercial buildings and structures, six (6) domestic secondary structures, one (1) house, and two (2) road-related resources (bridges).