In 1918, a feed store, Pickering Mill, was built on the corner of Yellow Springs Road & Red Lion Road.

It was operated until 1946 by Harvey Detwiler, followed by Elwood Loughan and Oliver Mosteller.

The was a lodge hall using the upper story, but today, only grain chutes, rusted gears, trap doors and an old safe are mostly all that remains of the old mill & store.

The original 3 story building was added onto many times and was used for many businesses and crafts since closing as a mill and feed store.

It was a nursery, shops, a gallery, exercise studio, & restaurants.

The current makeover into The Shoppes at Pickering Mill has added to the buildings quaintness and history by utilizing much of the mill features, hardwood flooring, wooden beams, stonework, & chutes and slides of the former old mill.

Restoration began in 2004.