Blow-Me-Down Mill: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Saint Gaudens National Historic Site

NPS Northeast Regional Office. 2025. Blow-Me-Down Mill: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Saint Gaudens National Historic Site. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 975558. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database

Blow‑Me‑Down Mill is a forty‑acre component landscape of Saint‑Gaudens National Historic Site, located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The study area includes the 19th century built features of the Blow‑Me‑Down Mill and dam, the Stone Arch Bridge, a mill pond, and natural wetland situated along the Blow‑Me‑Down Brook and surrounded by forest vegetation. State Route 12A travels along the west side of the property. The mill property is located just east of Aspet, the house, studios, and gardens of Augustus Saint‑Gaudens, a famous American sculptor and one of the founders of the Cornish Art Colony.

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Published Report
Authors
NPS Northeast Regional Office
Date of Issue
2025
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
NER , SAGA
Keywords
Agriculture, art, Art Colonies 1915-1930, blacksmith shop, bridge, Charles C. Beaman, Commerce, Cornish, Cornish Colony, Dam, farm, George F. Babb, Historic Vernacular Landscape, Industrial, Joseph Morris Wells, mill, New Hampshire, painting, Recreation, sculpture, trade, Wetland

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