{"nrhp_refnum":"80003502","name":"Burnt Cabins Gristmill Property","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Allen's Valley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burnt Cabins","county":"Fulton County","state":"PA","lat":40.07755870550005,"lon":-77.88767050890522,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A grist mill complex in the village of Burnt Cabins in rural Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, comprising the mill, a miller's house, a log barn, an ice house and outbuildings. The present mill is dated to circa 1840 and is attributed to the Dubbs family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is a well-preserved, excellent example of an early grist milling operation in a rural Pennsylvania community, with structurally intact and operable machinery and waterwheels. Milling has occurred on the site since circa 1770, and the complex is said to embody the characteristics of an early western Pennsylvania milling complex.","narrative":"Burnt Cabins Grist Mill sits on a stream in the village of Burnt Cabins, in rural Dublin Township, Fulton County. The complex includes a three-story mill, a log miller's house built in two sections, a log barn, a small ice house and several outbuildings. Milling on the site is recorded from around 1770, when John Burd was taxed for a gristmill there, and the present mill is dated to circa 1840 and attributed to the Dubbs family. The mill retains original wooden hoppers, bins and timber framing, along with a 14-foot overshot wooden waterwheel that remains in use. The nomination regards it as an unusually intact example of an early rural milling operation, with operable machinery and waterwheels, and it still produces cornmeal, buckwheat and wheat flours. Its surviving mill, house and outbuildings are presented as a complete example of an early western Pennsylvania milling complex.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840","architect_builder":"Frederick Dubbs (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The mill still produces cornmeal, buckwheat and wheat flours; the wooden waterwheel is in use while the steel wheel and diesel engine are not in use but are operable.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.612988-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003502/1b57bd3a60-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003502/1b57bd3a60-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burnt_Cabins_Gristmill_Property.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burnt_Cabins_Gristmill_Property.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98000566","name":"Burnt Cabins Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/burnt-cabins-historic-district-98000566/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Cabins_Gristmill_Property","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5000184"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fulton-county/burnt-cabins-gristmill-property-80003502/"}