Mill Details

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill

Chester Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1790
Township: Upper Oxford Twp.
Watersource: East Branch, Big Elk Creek.
Location / Directions

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill

Located just west of the Upper Oxford Twp./ Penn Twp. line on Sh 896/Newark Road between the creek and Grist Mill Lane at 107 Newark Road.

Verse for Thought
"Then Jahaziel said, 'Your Majesty and everyone from Judea and Jerusalem, the Lord says that you don't need to be afraid or let this powerful army discourage you. God will fight on your side'."
({2 Chronicles 20:15 CEV})
McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/27/2007

A 40'X 60' 3.5 story stone grist mill with frame upper gable ends. Update; Betsy Morris- 10/21/2019 - My family forbear James Mcdowell bought it; and, his son, John McDowell, and subsequent McDowells farmed that land and ran the mill until the 1930s.

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/27/2007

The mill is being restored by the owners, Kate & Ned Kibler.

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/27/2007

The datestone carries a T. M. R. on it. It would be nice to know what name these Initials represent. Update: 10/20/2019 - Betsy Morris - The Mcdowell Mill was built by Thomas Rustin who bought the land originally from Letitia Penn.

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
Jim Miller 01/27/2007

Photo taken late in the day in waning light, showing the opposite end of the mill. Update: Betsy Morris - 10/21/2019 - Buttonwoods was the name of the farm and house uphill. Supposedly there was a sycamore at the village green near the previous McDowell home and store a mile away at what later became Lincoln Station.

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 01/27/2007

The mill has largely been restored. The structure seems sound and much equipment remains within the mill.

McDowell Grist Mill / Edison Mill
John McGrain 11/18/2014

Photo donated by John McGrain, a mill historian from Maryland.

 
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