Colonel Mark Thomson Mill / Marksboro Grist Mill
Warren Co. | New Jersey | USA
Watersource: Paulins Kill River
Colonel Mark Thomson Mill / Marksboro Grist Mill
From I-80, exit north on Hope Rd., near Feebletown. Travel 0.6 miles and turn right on Hope-Marksboro Rd. Two miles later stay left on Silver Lake-Marksboro Rd. for 4-4.5 miles. Turn right on NJ 94, go 0.5 miles thru Marksboro and make a left on Hardwick/or Spring Valley Rd. The mill is about 0.5 miles on right by the concrete bridge over the Paulins Kill River.
The mill stone work features arched lintels above the windows. *Update: Colonel Mark Thomson, 1739-1803, built the mill prior to 1760 on part of his 3,000 acre holdings in the Marksboro area( named after him). Sharon K. Smith !0/12/2005*
The view from the bridge highlights the Larro Feeds insignia painted on the buildings side next to the main door. The area abounds in wildlife with both deer and wild turkeys sighted.
Another Halloween victim hangs from the catshead by the middle door. A well maintained mill, having tastfully been converted to a residence when photo was snapped in the fall of 1992.