Donegal/Marietta Mill
Lancaster Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Donegal Creek.
Donegal/Marietta Mill
From Pa. 230 in Mt. Joy, 2.5 miles south on Pa. 772. A right turn onto Musser Rd. for less than 1/2 mile, then a left turn onto Trout Run Rd. to the mill in 1/3 mile on the left by Donegal Cr. at Donegal Springs Mill Plantation.
Jacob Jr. & Elizabeth Krebil (Greybill) built this imposing 3.5 story brick structure in 1830. Infant son, Jacob E. Greybill inherited it in 1832 and took over from executor control in 1850. Sold to Isaac Breneman, 1870; Jacob Musser (Musser Rd.), 1872; Chris. Nissley, 1878; Levi Nissley, 1880; and in 1925, the mill closed under Strickler ownership.
Earlier 36'x40' c. 1775 stone mill was built by Abram Stauffer. Stauffer sold it to Jacob Krebil Sr. in 1783. Jacob Kreybill Jr. inherited the 3.5 story stone mill in 1810, then ran it until building the new brick mill in 1830. The headrace originated 2,500' upstream, falling 17' to the mill, the exiting mill for another 1,500' tailrace back to Donegal Cr.
Operated as a restaurant and museum as part of the historical Donegal Springs Mill Plantation.