Abbott's Mill

Abbott's Mill
Nearest city: Milford, Delaware
Area: 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) (original)
9 acres (3.6 ha) (increase)
Governing body: State
NRHP Reference#: 72000300 and 79003788[1]
Added to NRHP: August 25, 1972 (original)
May 17, 1979 (increase)

Abbott's Mill is a historic site that includes an old grist mill in Sussex County, Delaware, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Milford.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 with a 0.4-acre (0.16 ha) area. The listed area was increased in 1979 to include a total of 4 contributing buildings, with an increase of a 9-acre (3.6 ha) area. The increased area includes a Gothic style work built in 1868.[1]

There's a historical marker for the old mill, placed on the north side of Abbotts Pond Road (County Road 620), across from Abbotts Pond.[3]

There's an Abbott's Mill Nature Center which offers tours of a grist mill and rolling mill.[4]

In the site's 1972 NRHP nomination, it was reported the grist mill had been operable until 1960, and that plans were for it to be restored.[5]

The listing was expanded in 1979 to include a total of 8.5 acres, including other buildings and open space.[5]

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