Dellville Roller Mill
Perry Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Sherman Creek.
Dellville Roller Mill
Take Rt 274 west from Duncannon for 1.2 miles to Dellville Rd. on the left. Turn onto Dellville Rd and drive to the village of Dellville. When you come to the covered bridge turn right before the bridge and drive 0.2 miles to the mill.
The grist mill was built by Christian Smith and Isaac Kirkpatrick in 1841. It was converted to the Roller mill system in 1880.
Smith & Kirkpatrick sold the mill to Daniel Ristline and John Souder in 1853.
Other owners were Eli Young, Amos Hensecker in 1894, and Roy Rice in 1911. The mill was quite the prominent focal point of the local community under Rice's ownership. The mill passed from Rice to C.E. Reidinger in 1931.
The miller's house and early country store of the comunity of Dellville. The house portion dates from the early 1800's.
Another view of the house in the middle section with the country store on the left.
Reidinger never really operated the mill full time; this coupled with the specific time period of the 20th century, soon saw the mill closing down operations as did so many of its counterparts thruoughout the country.
The current owner is refurbishing the mill, perhaps to eventually have it operational. (ADC 47 E1)(09) Longitude: 077 07.09W, Latitude: 040 21.57N