Murray's Mill Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Murray's Mill Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Murray's Mill.jpg

| caption = Murray's Mill, July 2010

| location = Southeast of Catawba, near Catawba, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|40|27|N|81|05|44|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1880}}

| added = December 31, 1979

| area = {{convert|152.9|acre}}

| refnum = 79001689{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Murray's Mill Historic District is a national historic district located near Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 20+ contributing buildings near the rural Town of Catawba. It contains the mill buildings, four residences and complementing structures associated with the milling operations and the Murray family. They were built between the 1880s and mid-20th century. Notable buildings include the large two-story frame mill (1912-1913), store building (1890s, 1930s), wheathouse (1880s), John L. Murray House (1913), a large gable roof frame barn (1930s), Lloyd Murray House (1935), and William Murray House (1880s).{{Cite web | author =Davyd Foard Hood and Jerry L. Cross| title =Murray's Mill Historic District| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =September 1979| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/CT0013.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-08-01}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The Catawba County Historical Association owns Murray's Mill and the other buildings and operates them as a museum that is open weekends mid-march through November and Thursday and Friday June through September. Visitors can see the mill's grindstones and milling equipment. The 1913 John Murray House has been restored and furnished with period artifacts, and the 1880s wheathouse is used as an exhibit gallery. The general store is the museum's gift shop.