The mill, tucked away below Level Rd. and not real obvious from Arcola Rd. is a 35'X 50', 3.5 story mill of native fieldstone with a 30'X 35' addition, 3.5 story, the lower story stone. It was at one time known as Wetherill Mill.

The mill operated from pre 1769 through 1922, taking its power from a dam on the Perkiomen Creek, from which a short headrace led into a stone arched wheel house.

A large covered bridge used to span the creek and a cider press flourished across the bridge for many years. In 1987, the mill was a residence and artists studio. Kept in very good repair.

A London Company, The Pennsylvania Land Company, purchased 5000 acres of Gilbert Manor from William Penn in 1720. These lands included all of both Upper and Lower Providence Township.

The headrace inlet for the water of the Perkiomen Creek to enter the mill after passing through the gate in next photo. In 1763, Thomas Rees purchased 159 acres of the 5,000 from the London Land firm, which included the land on which the mill and miller's house would later be built.

Thomas Rees was listed on the Pennsylvania 18 Penny Tax list as a miller in 1769, perhaps the earliest indication of the existence of the Tyson Mill. No doubt Rees built the mill between 1763 and 1769.

Rees, in debt in 1788, was forced to sell the mill at a Philadelpia sheriff's sale, upon which it was aquired by Phillip & Lydia Shambough, 1793 - 1823, miller & watchmaker. They became the second owners of the miller's house across Level Road from the mill. The house bears a date stone at the top: 1800 P&LS; apparently renovated in that year and probably also built by the prior owner, Rees.

Robert & Jesse Tyson purchased the house & mill in 1823 from the Shambough estate. In 1863, Robert deeded the property to his son, John Tyson, who held title for another 5 years, before selling 88 of the original 159 acres to Wanner & Corson in 1868. This sale was definitely included the miller's house but perhaps not the mill property across the road.GPS: 40D 9.25'N, 75D 27.33'W ele 108'/33 meters Collegeville Quadrangle

Hunsberger may have been an owner operator in the last quarter of the 19th century. The mill was closed in 1922 by the last miller, Harry Plush. In 1987, the mill was a residence and artists studio. Kept in very good repair. Thanks to the owner of the miller's house in 2006, Dan Bliss, for the information about the mill from a history prepared of the property in 1991 by Edward Addison of the Montgomery County Historical Society. The current mill owner is Kenneth Enochs. Mr Enochs sold the mill to Lou Gambone some time in mid-2010.