Judy Rothermel, Broker of Record / Owner EXIT Realty JP Rothermel Blog

In about 1773 there was a petition made to the General Assembly, this was to request access to build a dam that could power a sawmill and a gristmill(a machine that grinds grain into flour). The Mill was made completely operational by the year 1778.

 

The house that resides across from the mill is often referred to as the “Miller’s House. It was originally built by Nehemiah Haines about ten years after the mill was constructed. His son later inherited it in 1830 and redesigned the mill from a...