Brick mill abandoned in November 1992 had lately been the Thompsontown Feed Mill and prior to that, was the Juniata Roller Mill. The mill nwas built in 1835 to replace a stone grist mill built by William Thompson in the 1770's. Sons John & Robert took over the operation in 1813, at Williams death. Thre business consisted of the grist mill, saw mill (1790), a fulling mill (1809), two distilleries, and a store in the stone house to the north of the mill. The mill was then owned by John & Roberts heirs

*Update: My uncle Tim Wilson owns the mill. They are tearing it down and are currently building a house on the property. Ben Fazio 07/16/2006* ^Update: The Thompsontown Mill is currently owned by my Mom & Dad,Roxann and Tim Wilson Sr. and will be torn down in the near future around 2010 because of the fact that it is an unstable structure and is not safe anymore. It had previously been reported as having been torn down, but this will not occurr until about 2010-still time to see and photograph it. Tim Wilson 10/28/2006^

The 40'X 50' structure has an interesting gable end on the north side, reminiscent of Dutch style architecture. The mill was a grist and flour mill, then became a feed mill before closing down. It had once been owned by Sam Burns.

here is where the old mill was it is a new garage for my uncles house

The waterwheel operated under the enclosed shed. The marks of the shed roof and end wall of the wheel room are readily seen in this photo.

A close up of of the steel waterwheel that looks to be about 3-4 feet wide and about 12-14 feet in diameter.GPS: 40 33.72'N, 77 14.24'W 436'/133 meters Millerstown Quadrangle

The truck is there, probably to carry some of the mill debris away when the mill is torn down in 2010. Google Maps street view shows the mill gone, but the satellite view still shows it there. I would surmise that it is gone for all intents and purposes.

As you can see, the mill was still there in fall 2008, but the roof was gone as was much deterioration on the Dutch style east end of the mill.