Lime Rock Mill / Stephen Foulk Grist Mill
Adams Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Bermudian Creek.
Lime Rock Mill / Stephen Foulk Grist Mill
Take Old Carlisle Road north of Center Mills in The north part of Butler Twp. for two miles, turn right on Cranberry Road and go 2.5 miles going through Ariosa, crossing the Bermudian Creek, coming to the mill on the right between the creek and Old Zeigler Mill Rd. and across from Lime Rock Mill Road in the old community of Lime Rock Mill.
Early research provided by John and Barbra Senier of York Springs Pa. Stephen Folk was the owner of he property and a 38'X 28' mill that was on the property prior acertained by the 1798 Federal Direct Tax record. The 40'X 55' stone & frame mill is comprised of 2.5 stories.
The newer mill was built either because the smaller mill had burned or a larger mill was needed. In any event, the newer mill was rebuilt with frame on the original stone foundation, some of which may have been also rebuilt.
The date stone mentions house, probably referring to a millhouse or mill. G. E. Crowel, stone mason, built the mill for George Smith in the year 1805. *Update: LeRoy Zeigler and his brother Ty purchased the mill in 1941. It is believed the most recent operation of the mill was in approximately 1953. During the renovation, concrete was removed from the first and second story and under the concrete were newspapers (to prevent the wet concrete from seeping through the cracks). The most recent newspaper was dated 1953. Matthew Zeigler 01/14/2008*
The mill is situated where two roads, Lime Rock Mill Road and Old Zeigler's Mill Road, meet Cranberry Road by the Burmudian Creek at the former community of Lime Rock Mill.
*Update: The mill is currently owned by Matthew Zeigler, grandson of Leroy Zeigler. The mill came under the name of Zeigler Feed Mills (today known as Zeigler Bros., Inc.). Zeigler Bros., Inc. in East Berlin just burned in February 2007. Matthew Zeigler 01/14/2008*