An earlier mill on this site was a fulling & carding mill built by Jacob Kurtz in 1817. In 1850, it was changed into a boring mill, rifle bores were made there, by George Lutz. George Burkholder assumed ownership in 1864 and he promptly built a new 30'X 36' stone/frame mill. The flour, grist, and saw mill employed 2 turbines to produce 8 barrels of flour/day, with water supplied through 800' of headrace, dropping 5' from the dam just upstream. A 60' tailrace completed the loop.

The mill went back to the Lutz family as Daniel Lutz's Chopping Mill was the business occupying this spot in late 1864. From the mid 1870's the mill was in charge of Noah Weinhold; until 1899, when M.B. Steffy purchased the mill and passed it over to Eli Steffy in 1901. The mill was closed to production by Wellington Nagle in 1906. Somewhere along the way, the mill was enlarged to 40'X50'.

It was converted into a summer home on 1941 with a 3.5 story frame addition with stone foundation on the right side making the overall fotprint "L" shaped. Excellent condition in 1992 and 2004, probably mow a year-a-round home. Beautful conversion and location.GPS: 40D 14.81'N, 76D 8.72'W ele 440'/134 meters Ephrata Quadrangle