Date(s): 1726, 1820, 1854
4620 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh
Designated 5/1/1990
Individually Listed
National Register of Historic Places
The earliest known Granville land grant associated with Samuel Pearson dates from 1761, and it is on this land that Yates Mill stands. Yates Mill is the last water-powered (grist) mill standing in Wake County, out of more than seventy (70) grist mills that once existed. The mill takes its name from Phares Yates who acquired the mill in 1863. The mill is fully restored and operable and is the centerpiece of the 174-acre Historic Yates Mill County Park.