Grist Mill at Millbrook Village in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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The Grist Mill at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area’s Millbrook Village is not the original mill built by Abraham Garis in 1832, as that closed in the early 1900s and burned down in 1922. It is, however, an authentic mill from another location that was built in 1948. It was moved to Millbrook Village in the 1990s and now sits near the location of the Garis mill.
Garis built his mill along the Columbia-Walpack Turnpike where the road crossed Van Campens Brook, a small creek. The turnpike was a new road at the time, and Garis hoped to capitalized on the increased traffic. The only other mill in the area had closed, so Garis’s mill was now the most convenient for the local farmers.
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Last updated on January 31, 2024
