The original mill, a grist mill, was built in 1770 at this millseat along Red Clay Creek about three miles south of Kennett Square.

The mill was converted either in 1856 or 1883, by Thomas S. Marshall, into a paper mill. The forerunner of the Nat'l Vulcanized Fiber Co. This company is still operating in Kennett Square and Nearby Yorklyn, De. Some of the original mill may have been torn down and rebuilt as a paper mill, or simply the paper mill was created from the original structure, with mostly internal changes.

The present headrace, coming off the Red Clay Creek a short distance upstream, goes through a bar screen, then is carried by a wooden sluice box to the waiting 7'X 3'steel waterwheel. The wheel presently has the capability of providing the twin/duplex home with elecricity.

A close up view of the wooden sluice box/water troughs proximity to the waterwheel.

The original inlet arch, stoned in, where the headrace waters entered the mill in days gone by. The arch is just to the right of center along the roadside length of the mill, straight in from the open gate in the fence. The wooden sluice and wheel position was either changed from internal when converted from a grist mill, or merely to enable the wheel to be used to produce electricity.

The mill was and is for sale currently through Long & Foster Companies realty. The twin/dulex structure could easily be changed back to a single family dwelling. The MLS # is 5408164.