Mill Details

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill

Lancaster Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1793
Township: Warwick Twp.
Watersource: Lititz Run (Carter Creek).

Location / Directions

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill

Located on Rothsville Road 2.5 miles SE of Pa 501 in Lititz, Pa. The mill is at Rothsville Road and N. Heck Road just east of Lititz Run bridge and Warwick Road junction.

Verse for Thought
"All things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God."
({2 Corinthians 4:15 NKJV})
Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 11/06/1987

Jacob Geyer had a hemp & oil mill on Pfoutz land in pre 1772. Johannes Pfoutz (Pfautz) built the present 2.5 story limestone mill with basement to 40'X 60' or less dimensions in 1793. Pfoutz owned the first mill from 1786, and he and his son owned the current mill through 1814.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 10/25/1992

In 1814, Peter Hall bought the mill and continued with it for about 10 years, selling it to Henry Becker, where it was kept in the family for 50 years. The 3 story merchant mill was sold to J. K. Jrantz in 1870.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 10/24/987

Krantz still operated the flour, grist, and saw mill with a production of 10 barrels/day of flour thru 1875. Two turbines operated the machinery, fed by a 50' headrace from the dam 8.5' higher upstream. The waters were released back to Lititz Run via a 50' tailrace. Ben Flory had the mill in 1883, although Hess & Pfoutz are also credited with ownership at the same time.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Robert T. Kinsey winter 2004-05

Ben E. Flory released ownership to John Herman in 1911, who turned around and sold to John Zook in 1912. The mill was closed from operation by Isaac G. Bushong in 1927, the tenth year of his millership.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 06/23/2007

In 1973, the mill was a part of the Warwick Farms operation. The mill was in good to better condition in 1987 and 1992.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 06/23/2007

The mill was being used as a studio and office in 1995 and in 2005 had been upgraded to great condition. The mill has lost a little of its sparkle since 2005.

Pfoutz's Mill / Rothville Mill
Jim Miller 06/23/2007

The miller's house situated just across the side lane from the mill.

 
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