James Hibbs and Joseph Hampton bought this tract of land in 1793. In 1816 the Hibbs mill was built, after the road was opened, with James Hibbs as proprietor.

At one time there also was a sawmill on site. The mill stayed in the Hibbs family until 1856, when Joseph W. Hibbs sold it to Judah Cherrington.

Cherrington replaced the original mill with a much larger one in 1856. Peter Swank became the next owner in 1860, followed by David Long in 1893. The inlet arch and headrace enter the mill between the side door and the higher ground/front of the mill.

An interior shot of the first floor level/frame construction. In 1920 Long sold it to Frank Sikowske (Sikowski) for $4,300. After 12 years, the mill was in need of repairs, and he sold it to H. Ray Oliver in 1932 for $1,400.

A cleaner or sheller located on the lower height second floor/frame structure. The mechanism was a #7, manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Son, Saginaw Mich. Oliver remodeled the mill, changing it from water power to gasoline power and replacing the mill stones with an attrition mill.

One of the massive posts and beams located in the basement and holding up the first floor. Tired of government regulations, Oliver sold the mill to the Helwig brothers. They replaced the gasoline engine with a more powerful, safer, Detroit 4-71 diesel engine.

An inlet (probably) or outlet arch for the race that supplied the mill waterwheel with water. Mills with external waterwheels had no need for headrace, inlet-arches or tailrace, outlet-arches. So this mill, with its rather large outlet arch, which has been rocked-in, must have operated with an internal waterwheel early on. This arch, is on the backwall, the other side is inside the attached sloped-roofed shed.

In 1946 Emerson Woolever purchased the mill, making numerous additions and changes over the next 21 years, including a total electrification of the mill. The photo shows a tag for a sack of Pullet Grower, indication the manufacturer, analysis & ingriedients of the product. Woolever closed the mill in 1967.

The possible location of the interior water wheel. The mill was sold and stripped of the milling equipment. It was then sold to H. J. Glemser of Jenkintown. The mill had fallen into a very bad state of repair.

A scene behind the mill of the tranquil waters of Roaring Creek (the creek was not roaring this day).GPS: 40° 52.98'N, 76° 21.05'W ele 948'/289 meters Sunbury Quadrangle

The building down closer to the creek that might have been the saw mill or a part of it. There is a 1.5'-2' diameter wooden, stave pipe under the building that flows with water. GPS: 76' 21.30W, 40' 52.58N

On the brink of being demolished, the mill was saved by James J. McHale, who purchased it. McHale and a group of locals, interested in the mill's preservation, have started the long and costly refurbishing of this historic building. No apparent work has been done on the old mill, now in 2016, since the photos were taken in 2009.