SEE SHORT YOUTUBE VIDEOS- 'Rick Dixon' c.1900 grist & flour mill on the Little Hunting Creek in Southeast Wilkes County, North Carolina, re-purposed as a 6-bedroom, 4.5 bath, post and beam residence - Mitchell Mill (Sheriff Mitchell Mill). After decades of sitting abandoned, the mill building and 3.5 acre site was purchased by the current owners in September of 1985. Reconstruction as a residence by the owners began shortly thereafter and has continue on and off for more than two decades. In 1985, a water well was drilled to supply the house. After a week of drilling and 750ft later, a rare, high-yield artesian water source was hit. Research by a US Geological Survey Team in 1986 determined that pressurized water was emanating from an aquifer of some size through a crack at the bottom of the bore hole. 30+years later, the well still holds the same pressure on the domestic water supply requiring no pump and supplying thermal energy for the water-source heat pump. In 2006, an attached garage and upstairs bonus room were added to the east side of the original structure (not included in the heated square footage). A secondary main entrance to the building enters from the upper circular driveway into the second floor bonus room via a raised walkway. Currently are 6-bedrooms and 4.5 baths. An additional dressing room on the top floor and the large bonus room over the garage are currently unfinished. In late 2018, a den on the lowest level was added to directly view the waterwheel and waterfall at eye level. The front of the house faces almost south (178 degrees) and with the expanse of windows and solar panels, take advantage of natural energy. A solar/wood central heating and hot water system complement the geothermal (water-source) heat pump for heating and cooling for approximately 3250 sq. ft. of heated space. SHOWN BY APPT. ONLY. Owner is a non-active real estate broker and is unaffiliated with any real estate office. Note: Regarding Tax value VS. Market value, county tax assessors do not place a tax value on the 90-ft long by 15ft high masonry dam, flume, waterwheel, 10kW micro-hydro set, artesian well or the intrinsic, historic value of the site.
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