{"nrhp_refnum":"75001680","name":"Old White Mill","other_names":["Sterling Mill &amp","Pinnock Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off Welles St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Meshoppen","county":"Wyoming County","state":"PA","lat":41.614106194000044,"lon":-76.04634706899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Old White Mill is a wooden grist mill in Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, built in 1852 by G. M. Hollenback, N. Overfield, and D. T. Sterling at a cost of $12,000. It is a five-and-a-half story banked mill with a metal gabled roof and a stone foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill played a large part in the area's economic history by supplying flour and feed to a large agricultural hinterland. It is presented as an example of a mid-nineteenth century grist mill, with its stone foundations and chestnut interior, and its original equipment, including grain bins, elevators, turbine, and scales, is noted as preserved.","narrative":"Built in 1852 in Meshoppen by G. M. Hollenback, N. Overfield, and D. T. Sterling at a cost of $12,000, the Old White Mill is a wooden grist mill of five and a half stories built into a bank. Its frame rises from a foundation of cut-faced quarry stone, and most of its interior is finished in chestnut. The mill takes its name from its white paint, which set it apart from other mills in the area. A large metal water wheel in the lower two stories powered the operation, supplemented by a turbine used when water levels were high. An auger-type elevator carried raw grain to the top floor. The mill furnished flour and feed to a broad agricultural district, which gave it a significant role in the local economy. Nicholas Overfield, a state representative, was among its original owners. Architecturally, it is regarded as an example of a mid-nineteenth century grist mill, with its original equipment largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1852","architect_builder":"G. M. Hollenback, N. Overfield, and D. T. Sterling (builders)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The mill has not undergone major structural changes since 1852 and original equipment is still in the mill; the scales are now broken.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.881593-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001680.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001680/04f31f8d62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001680/04f31f8d62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vjaquish","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OLD_WHITE_MILL.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vjaquish</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OLD_WHITE_MILL.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996512","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_White_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085416"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/wyoming-county/old-white-mill-75001680/"}