Mill Details

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill

Lehigh Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: u/k
Township: Upper Milford Twp.
Watersource: Indian Creek
Location / Directions

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill

Located one mile north of Pa.100/29 on Indian Creek Rd. at Swamp Road at Indian Creek east of the vacinity of Milford Park.

Verse for Thought
"Our Lord, I will remember the things you have done, your miracles of long ago. I will think about each one of your mighty deeds."
({Psalms 77:11 & 12 CEV})
Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim MIller 11/01/1987

A 2.5 story limestone, 40'x 55' mill. Not being used, in 1987, except perhaps for storage. In fair to good condition.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

Much of previous stuccoing has weathered off. The basement plus the 2.5 stories makes an imposing sight in the wooded setting.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The mill currently on site was built in 1864 by Henry Burger and Samuel Beck.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The mill was later operated by a gentleman named George Boody. This may be how the common name for the mill, Booth's Mill, evolved.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The house several hundred feet down the road and barn across the road could possibly be the millhouse farm. The house was being restored; given its proximity to Indian Creek Road, it may have been an early tavern.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

The barn is in great condition, still being used to house horse and other livestock. The bridge over Indain Creek was being rebuilt in 2007, so one had to go south on Swamp Road to Tollgate Rd. or Barman Dr. N to get to Pa 100 at Milford Park.

Burger & Beck's Mill / Booth's Grist Mill
Jim Miller 06/30/2007

A wooden structure with a sawmill addition, added later, was built in 1774 by Adam Koehl. The mill has also been called "Curl MIll", an Anglecised version of the German name "Koehl".

 
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