Crouse Grist Mill / Middleburg Roller Mill
Carroll Co. | Maryland | USA
Watersource: Big Pipe Creek.
Crouse Grist Mill / Middleburg Roller Mill
South of Taneytown on Crouse Mill Rd, south of Stover Road. ADC Map of Carroll County, MD - Map 9 Grid F10.
A late 19th century grist mill in conjunction with a tannery. ADC Map of Carroll County, MD - Map 9 Grid F10. GPS: 77 12.45W, 39 36.92N
The Crouse mill replaced the David Buffington Mill, shown on an 1862 atlas, that was destroyed by fire in 1887. The present mill was built by John Henry Menges of Pa., in 1887, for use as a grist mill and saw mill.
The mill was purchased by the Crouse family in 1889. Raymond E. Crouse, son of Wilson, worked the mill his entire life, discontinuing the making of flour by water power in 1964. In 1965, Crouse was selling cornmeal for 35 cents/5 lbs. and the mill was capable of producing 200 pounds of flour/hour. Turbines continued to make cornmeal by water-power until 1976, the year prior to Crouse's demise.
The Middleburg Roller Mill operated through 1978.