Bear's Mill
Bear's Mill | |
 Front of the mill | |
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| Location | 6450 Arcanum-Bear's Mill Rd. |
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| Nearest city | Greenville, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40°6′24″N 84°32′31″W / 40.10667°N 84.54194°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | William Moses; Manning Hart |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001372[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1975 |
Bear's Mill is a historic gristmill near the city of Greenville in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1849,[1] this watermill is the oldest existing industrial building in Darke County. Built by Manning Hart,[2] a local contractor,[3] the mill lies along Greenville Creek in southwestern Adams Township, midway between Greenville and the village of Gettysburg.[4] It was purchased before its completion by Pennsylvanian Gabriel Bear, who completed and opened the mill in 1849. After his locally made millstones proved faulty, Bear travelled to France, where he acquired stones of a type regarded worldwide as of highest quality.[2]
The mill is a wooden building with a stone
non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and operating the mill as a historic landmark.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 301.
- ^ The History of Darke County, Ohio: Containing A History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of Darke County; Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., etc. Chicago: Beers, 1880, 498.
- ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-13.
- ^ Friends of Bear's Mill Archived September 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Bear's Mill, n.d. Accessed 2010-08-13.
External links
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