Welcome...
The Clarke County Historical Association,
founded in 1939, operates a museum & archives in the Coiner House at 32
East Main Street in Berryville, & owns the 18th century Burwell-Morgan
Mill, the Miller's House, & the historic Tollhouse in Millwood, Virginia.
The museum & archives include a dedicated research area & thoughtfully
designed permanent & special museum exhibits that tell the unique story of
the county & region. There is a $5 usage fee for the archives; CCHA
members & Clarke County residents are admitted free.
The museum & archive collections have grown over the years due to the
generosity of county residents who wish to see their family papers,
photographs, & memorabilia preserved in a climate-controlled environment
& made available for historic research. We encourage anyone with historic
documents, photographs, or artifacts pertaining to Clarke County history to
share them with us; we can make a scan of your originals & return them to
you, along with a CD of these scans.
Restoration of the great water wheel & wooden gears of the Burwell-Morgan
Mill is complete. Our team of volunteer millers grind every Saturday from
May through November, continuing a two-hundred year legacy of service to the
county in one of the great industrial landmarks of Virginia. (The Mill is
closed after Thanksgiving through the end of April).
Art at the Mill is a tremendously popular & successful semi-annual event
that showcases the work of more than 250 artists each spring & fall. A
portion of the sales support the Association & the ongoing maintenance &
operation of the Mill.
Please browse through our site & take a historical tour through Clarke
County! Also, don't hesitate to contact us at 540.955.2600 or view the
Contact Us page for more information.