Stein's Mill / Stoudt's Mill / Mill Pond Manor
Schuylkill Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Tributary to Lizard Creek.
Stein's Mill / Stoudt's Mill / Mill Pond Manor
From the junction of Pa 309 and Pa 895, go west on Pa 895/Summer Valley Rd. for 1.5 miles to Dorset Rd./T 922 on the left. Take Dorset Rd. for 0.6 miles to Blue Mountain Rd., then turn right and go 0.2 miles to the mill on the left.
This mill seat's earliest mill was Stein's Mill stemming from the early 1750's.
Basic history of the mills on this site.
Stoudt's Mill on Blue Mountain Road.
Foundation outline of a possible mill office or wheel house. The creek flows behind and inside the back wall of the mill.
Purhaps not the actual waterwheel that was used in this mill, but more likely a cosmetic piece.
The original miller's house across the road from the mill.
The miller's house with the rustic, unpainted bank barn so typical of Schuylkill County and northward toward the Pocono Mtns.
The bank barn that was part of the original tract that included the mill.
Mill Pond Manor, the current name for the mill being restored or renovated by Spoom members, Robert & Jacqui Resch. They currently do or have commuted from 1 Burnside Place, Wayne, NJ 07470 to work on their treasure. Phone: 201-694-8347.
A final look at Stein's Mill of the 1750's, often used as a place of refuge during Indian raids; Miller's Mill, owned by Henrich Miller in 1782-his name is carved on the stone foundation; Stoudt's Mill, rebuilt from 1885; and lastly Mild Pond Manor, owned by the Resch family.