Kirk's Mills / Kirk's Upper Mill
Lancaster Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Raccoon Creek.
Kirk's Mills / Kirk's Upper Mill
About one mile north of the Maryland stateline on Us 222 at Jenkins Corner, branch right on Pa 172, go about 2.3 miles, turn right just beyond Wrightsdale on Kirk's Mill Road. Go about 2 miles through Eastland to the mill on Raccoon Creek just shot of Brabson Road turning off to the right.
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Jacob Kirk bought his brother's property and the Lower Mill, a saw & clover mill prior to 1815, probably in 1797. Jacob, then in 1815, built the brick 2.5 story mill on one story of stone and continued to own & operate them through 1824.
In 1864, the mill was owned by Haines & Kirk. Levi Kirk owned the mill in 1899.
Evan Brabson closed the flour, grist and saw mill in 1927. The mill had been powered by Raccoon Creek from a 12' dam, turning an overshot wheel to produce 8 barrels of flour/day.Coordinates: N39.75538° W76.10606°
A slightly different style of a receiving and loading area than seen in most mill applications. The Lower Mill was in ruins by 1883 and all traces have vanished. The Upper mill was converted to a home and remains as such in very good condition in 2004.
I was allowed by the then owners, to sketch from an original early photograph depicting the way the mill really was in the mid-1800's. The colored sketch was done by Gordon Callison in 2007. See more examples of his art at www.artbygordy.com
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