Green Bank Roller Mill / Greenville Mill
Lancaster Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Conestoga River.
Green Bank Roller Mill / Greenville Mill
From US 222 east of Ephrata, go about 1.7 miles SE on US 322, turn left on Martindale Road and travel 1.5 miles to Frys Rd. Go straight across Frys Rd. on Lancaster Ave. for 2.3 miles and veer right on White Oak Road or Martindale Road, go 0.5 miles, turn right on White Oak Rd. for 0.5 miles to the mill between Conestoga Rd/Ave and the Conestoga Creek on the right side of White Oak Rd.
John Gault built the first mill here in 1780, a 60'X 80' 3.5 story stone mill that included a saw mill. James Gault 1817-20, an Erb, Overholtzer, and a Zimmerman in 1883.
A new or pared down mill was probably built about 1840, as in 1841 and 1843, an enlarged? stone flour mill was for sale, but it only measured 55'X 45', the dimensions of the present mill turned White Oak Ice Plant. The old mill must have been the 60'X 80' mill. A 100' headrace and a 600' tailrace serviced the mills two turbines from the 6' higher dam upstream. The flour, grist, and saw mill had a production of 10 barrels/day of flour.
The new mill was operated in 1864 by D. Overholtzer, L.M. Zimmerman in 1875, and J. Bowerman in 1899. Another later owner was M.M. Nolt. Used as a storage structure in 1964 and had become the White Oak Ice Plant in 1995, with the stone exterior being stuccoed to present a neat, clean appearance as an ice producing facility.