The old mill of 3.5 stories was built of fieldstone as was the nearby stone-arched bridge, built in 1873 by Montgomery Co. Thomas Evans built an older style mill in 1713 as a fulling mill and saw mill and ran them as such until 1744, when Abraham Evans converted it to a grist mill.

Samuel Wheeler added a forge in 1777, then rebuilt the mill in 1780. This picture was taken in Oct. 1987 during the early stages of restoration by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association.

Front view with the recent addition on it. The mill was bought at Sheriff's sale in 1856 by Henry Mumbower and a steam engine was installed for periods when the creek would be frozen and the water supply drastically reduced. The mill was operated up to 1930 by the Mumbower family. This photo was taken in Oct. 1992, after much restoration had been done.

The mill was rebuilt again in 1823 by John Keefe to the present 35'x45' dimensions. The datestone indicates the mill was built by J. & E. Keefe in 1835.

The mill was deeded to the Towamencin Historical Society by the Strassberger family, owners of nearby Normandy Farms in the mid. 1980's. The tailrace to the mill came out the lower side of the mill, now underground, and carried under the stone bridge through an arch, now below ground level, about miway between the first arch for the Wissahickon Creek and the shaded portion of the bridge wall in the photograph.

The wheel pit where the new 24' overshot wheel will be situated when completed and installed by 2008.

The main drive to transfer power from the overshot wheel to the upper floors.

The original mill had the capacity for three sets of stones for milling flour. The stone set housings for two stone sets on the left & a nether stone without a housing in the right rear.

The mill doors are located about midway along the longer east side of the partially stuccoed mill, with the catshead atop the third door in the dormer. TThis photo shows the second floor bag lift at the bottom.

The bag lift apparatus on the third floor. The Towamencin Hist. Society has restored the mill for use as an office, library, art gallery, community center, and educational museum of milling.

*Update: The mill is open every other Sunday in the spring and summer. They are currently restoring the working machinery inside. Darrin Mayer 05/08/2007*