Mill Details

Hoag Grist Mill

Addison Co. | Vermont | USA
Known Dates: 1799
Township: Starksboro Twp.
Watersource: Lewis Creek.
Location / Directions

Hoag Grist Mill

From Starksboro, go north on Sr 116 about 0.7 miles to State's Prison Hollow Road, turn left and go 0.4 miles to the mill on the right alongside Lewis Creek.




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Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

This mill is for sale. The owner lives near Boston and only used it for a summer home.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

It has been a few years since it was a B & B.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

Rough boulder strawn stream is typical of Lewis Creek in this area.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

Residences on the other side of the creek just slightly upstream.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

The mill was built in 1799, using the turbulent water of Lewis Creek to grind wheat and corn for the local farmers of the Starksboro vicinity.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

A small turbine that might have, at one time, power the mill.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

The main shaft from the turnine pit with one-half of a bevel gear on the end.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

An old,, worn millstone residing in the residence.

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

Some equipment located in the mill basement under a flight of steps.GPS: 44' 14.64'N, 73' 4.03'W ele. 545'/166 meters Lake Champlain South Quadrangle

Hoag Grist Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2012

On April 22, 1980, the National Park Service added this complex, the Knight House Complex, of buildings and landscape to the National Register of Historic Places.

 
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