This large frame mill 45'X 65'water-powered grist mill of 3.5 stories plus an attic sits firmly on its 1st story stone foundation. It was built in 1778 as a grist mill by John Haines.

The mill must have been a busy place in the 19th century, with the smaller businesses across the street and three places along the main mill structure where feeds and grain could be loaded and unloaded at the same time. There are various special events that take place at the mill in the summer months of June, July, and August each year. **Photos: September 14, 1999 Jim Miller**

The Nehemiah Haines House, c. 1787, was the miller's house for the mill complex. It remained in the Haines family until the property was purchased by William Kirby in 1877. The house is not at the present part of the restored mill complex and it is uncertain if future plans call for its addition. Check out this other informative website on the mill history: www.medfordnj.com/history/kirbys.html

Haines' settlement grew to include, besides the grist mill and miller's house, a smithy, a sawmill a wheelwright's shop, and a cider mill. That is what is pictured above along Church Road opposite the grist mill. The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The northwest side of the mill features a metal waterwheel, either a breast wheel or an overshot wheel. The wheel was added in 1994 as the mill was being restored by the Medford Historical Society. Operations were expected to begin in 1993 using water power to grind corn and grains. The mill operated on waterpower until 1961, when it was converted to electricity.