Somerset Roller Mills
Somerset Roller Mills is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Somerset Roller Mills
Somerset Roller Mills is located in New Jersey
Somerset Roller Mills
Somerset Roller Mills is located in the United States
Somerset Roller Mills
Location1200 Daniel Bray Highway, Titusville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°16′43.7″N 74°51′12.7″W / 40.278806°N 74.853528°W / 40.278806; -74.853528
Areaabout 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built18th–19th centuries
Architectural styleVernacular
NRHP reference No.74001171[1]
NJRHP No.1699[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1974
Designated NJRHPJuly 1, 1974

The Somerset Roller Mills, also known as the Jacobs Creek Grist Mill, are a small former gristmill complex, originally built in the early 18th century, near Titusville in Hopewell Township of Mercer County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974 for its significance in architecture, commerce, and industry.[3]

History

Tradition holds that Isaac Smith received a 1,000 acres (400 ha) land grant in 1726 from the English Crown. It is thought that shortly thereafter he built the first house and mill on the site, shipping processed grain down the river to Philadelphia. It is probable that the mill provided flour to the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The opening of the Delaware and Raritan Canal next to the mill in 1834 greatly improved its business, leading to its expansion in the 1840s. The mill continued in operation until the early Depression by which point modern automated mill technology rendered its manual operations obsolete. The mill documents the beginnings, development, and decline of a pre-20th century rural manufacturing process.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System – (#74001171)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. January 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Greiff, Constance; Carter, Annette (March 1974). "Somerset Roller Mills". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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