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A sawmill was established by the creek, operated by Joe Sherwood, who died in an accident at the mill in 1873. Following his death, the creek was named Sherwood Creek in his honor. In the 1950s, Mill Pond was likely formed by the local Indigenous tribe, presumably for fishing purposes.
Pine Mill: Flouring mill: 1686 Baldwin is situated on Hicks Neck, north of Baldwin Bay between the Parsonage creek and Millburn creek. Along the Millburn creek where the Meroke Indian made Wampum, John Pine built a gristmill that served the Hicks settlement. [20] Mill Pond Jerusalem: Jerusalem Mill: Flouring mill: 1700s
Smith-Knight Grist Mill, next to house. Remains of foundation and other structures like dam, race and flume survive from 1750 construction. Large mill pond is now the center of a village park. McGarrah's Inn, also known as Goff's Tavern, 300 Stage Road. First built c. 1800, the 3rd floor was used by Cornerstone Lodge #231 F&AM from 1814-1826.
Mills Pond District is a national historic district located at St. James in Suffolk County, New York.The district includes nine contributing buildings. Prominent buildings within the district are the Mills Homestead (1837), Wegrzyn Barn, ice house, Wegrzyn House (c. 1730), Dougherty House (c. 1730), Papadakos House (c. 1820), Gyrodene Gambrel Roofed House (c. 1800), and Perry House (c. 1880).
The park features a prominent "pond" more than one mile long that (when full) ranges from 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m) deep near the edges, 5–7 feet (1.5–2.1 m) deep further out, 8–10 feet (2.4–3.0 m) in the middle of the "red trail" (in the flow of the original creek), and 12–14 feet (3.7–4.3 m) just in front of the mill house.
The 1890s mill structure has long since been converted into dining and retail space in the 1980s, where visitors once had pristine views of a pond that was occasionally frequented by a ski club.
Lexington is also in the process of completing a paved one-mile walking trail around the pond, which the town said should be ready to open to the public once Old Mill Pond is full again. The trail ...
Bloomvale was a thriving industrial village, and Pond gave $10,000 for the construction of a Dutch Reformed Church chapel for it, an outgrowth of a Sunday school he had started for workers' children. [1] Two years after the census, Pond sold the mill to a group of investors from Philadelphia for $17,000 ($432,000 in contemporary dollars [2 ...