John Work House and Mill Site

John Work House and Mill Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
John Work House in 2012
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Location	Northern side of Tunnel Mill Rd., west of Fourteen Mile Creek and northeast of Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana
Coordinates	38°28′54″N 85°37′34″W / 38.48167°N 85.62611°W / 38.48167; -85.62611
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Built	1811 (house), 1814 (mill)
Architect	John Work
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	00001546[1]
Added to NRHP	January 3, 2001

John Work House and Mill Site is a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana just outside Charlestown, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council, (BSA), as part of the Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation. For a century, it was an active gristmill until technology made it obsolete, and arson destroyed much of it. Prominent features around the site are Fourteen Mile Creek and the Devil's Backbone. The land is now used by the Boy Scouts of America for camping activities such as National Youth Leadership Training and a Webelos Camp. In 2010, part of the Tunnel Mill camp was leased to a private company for the purpose of restoring the Historic John Work House for use as a living history center. In order to prevent vandalism and amateur ghost hunters from further damaging the building, security guards patrol the property each night.