Mill Details

Dellville Roller Mill

Perry Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1841
Township: Wheatfield Twp.
Watersource: Sherman Creek.
Location / Directions

Dellville Roller Mill

Take Rt 274 west from Duncannon for 1.2 miles to Dellville Rd. on the left. Turn onto Dellville Rd and drive to the village of Dellville. When you come to the covered bridge turn right before the bridge and drive 0.2 miles to the mill.

Verse for Thought
"I'll plant your roots deep in the land I have given you, and you won't ever be uprooted again. I, the Lord God, have spoken!"
({Amos 9:15 CEV})
Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/18/2007

The grist mill was built by Christian Smith and Isaac Kirkpatrick in 1841. It was converted to the Roller mill system in 1880.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/18/2007

Smith & Kirkpatrick sold the mill to Daniel Ristline and John Souder in 1853.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 09/17/2006

Other owners were Eli Young, Amos Hensecker in 1894, and Roy Rice in 1911. The mill was quite the prominent focal point of the local community under Rice's ownership. The mill passed from Rice to C.E. Reidinger in 1931.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 09/17/2006

The miller's house and early country store of the comunity of Dellville. The house portion dates from the early 1800's.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 09/17/2006

Another view of the house in the middle section with the country store on the left.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/18/2007

Reidinger never really operated the mill full time; this coupled with the specific time period of the 20th century, soon saw the mill closing down operations as did so many of its counterparts thruoughout the country.

Dellville Roller Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/18/2007

The current owner is refurbishing the mill, perhaps to eventually have it operational. (ADC 47 E1)(09) Longitude: 077 07.09W, Latitude: 040 21.57N

 
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