The right half of mill with catshead was constructed in 1864 and was two storefronts owned by Herman K. Godshall and Aaron K. Frick. In 1869 in what was then known as Souder's Station, 23 year old Christian Moyer bought the business from Frick in conjunction with his two brothers, Jonas and Enos, to sell feed and hay. On September 8, 1873, Christian and Enos purchased the already operating Moyer & Bros. feed store "building" on Main Street from Godshall,

The mill enjoyed a flourishing trade in its day, selling all types of feeds and custom grinding and mixing as to certain recipes. As a child, your web manager remembers going to the mill with his father, who worked for Dublin Milling Co. Inc.(a feed mill in Dublin, Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co., Pa). Coal was also a commodity available at the mill.

The photo above should read, the original Moyer & Bros. mill on Main Street, Souderton, Pa. In 1875, the former small villages of Souders, Five Points, Rosenbergers, Franconia Station, and New Harbor became known as Souderton with the post office of the same name. In 1882, Jonas and Christian Moyer bought some land adjacent to the north of their feed store and expanded their mill, the left portion of the mill next to the railroad overpass on W. Chestnut St.

Moyer & Bros. became Moyer & Bro. in 1887, as Jonas decided to go into the hay business. In 1903, Christian Moyer retired from the business and Enos' son, John M. Moyer became the part owner, from 1903-10, hence the name Moyer & Son was coined. Fires in 1904 and 1912 caused Jonas and his sons to lose the Standard Hay enterprise on S. Front Street.

A fire in 1918, closed down the Reliance Rd. hay business, a hastening of the inevitable, since the horse was giving way to gasoline engines. In 1913, John M.Moyer died and Jacob M. Moyer, Enos' other son, partnered until 1939 with his sister's husband Michael R. Clemmer. From 1939 to 1953, Clemmer part owned the business with Jacob's son, Nelson D. Moyer. Jacob M. Moyer was the first ordained minister of Souderton Mennonite Church in 1914; a position he faithfully filled for the next 50 years, retiring 3 years prior to his death.

In 1889,Moyer & Bro. purchased the Clemens & Alderfer Feed Store and Coal Yard on Reliance road, creating a second hay house for Jonas, who had gone off on his own and bought back the S. Front St. hay house, forming the Standard Hay Company. This business was the former Hunsberger's Hay House, then bought by Moyer & Bros., then sold to Isaiah K. Alderfer in 1888 and bought back by Jonas in 1889. It also gave Cristian & Enos Moyer a second feed mill and coal yard.

This store, J.K. Allebach's Grocery & Provisions Store, was started in the basement of the north end section of the 1864 mill. It may have expanded into the lower portion of the 1882 addition later, but this photo shows the door and triangular roof/sign over the door on the north edge of the original mill. Pictured are the owner, Jacob K. Allebach; a young lad, Penrose Hunsberger; and Jonas Greaser.

The Main Street mill closed in 1966 and was converted into apartments which it continues to as today in 2005. Last known as Moyer's Mills in the 1970's before being converted into apartments in the late 1970's/early 1980's. In 1994, the business was controlled by three grandsons and two greatgrandsons of Enos Moyer at 113 East Reliance Road, Telford.