Hawkins Mill
Greene Co. | Missouri | USA
Watersource: Electric
Hawkins Mill
About 2 miles south of I-44 on Sh 13 (Kansas Expressway) at W. College St. and Missouri Pacific RR tracks in Springfield, Mo.
The original portion of the large milling complex that flourished from 1940 into the 1990's.
Built as a flour mill in late 1939, the mill started operation on January i, 1940. Converted to feed milling operation sometime in the 1960's. The main mill building has 3 stories, with other sections and appendages varying from 1 to 3 stories in height.
A bolter located on the second floor of the main mill structure. Many other pieces of machinery and wooden grain shutes and bins co-exist with the antiques and collectables of another era.
A drum cleaner on the third floor of the mill.
Today, Sept. 2004, the mill is during another type of business as George & Joann's Antique Mall at Kansas Expressway (Sh 13) and W. College St.n Springfield, Mo.