{"nrhp_refnum":"96000140","name":"Stone Grist Mill Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1679 Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Johnsville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":43.00451009600005,"lon":-74.6961405590189,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A water-powered grain milling complex on Timmerman Creek at 1679 Mill Road, St. Johnsville vicinity, Montgomery County, New York. It includes a limestone grist mill built ca. 1835, a mill owner's house (1894), three outbuildings and the remains of a dam, on about 4.5 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a substantially intact, representative example of a local, water-powered, pre-industrial grain mill in Montgomery County. The random ashlar stone mill shows high craftsmanship and is among the best preserved of its type and period in the Mohawk Valley. The house and outbuildings retain integrity and show life at a rural mill site into the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Beside the falls of Timmerman Creek near St. Johnsville, a four-story limestone grist mill anchors a small complex that records how grain was ground in the Mohawk Valley for roughly a century. Millwrights Leonard and Curran put the mill into operation on February 20, 1835. A 30-foot overshot waterwheel inside the building drove two run of millstones, and the mill worked as a custom mill, keeping a portion of the flour as payment. In 1898 owner Absalom E. Seaman installed a water turbine and roller milling machinery, and the mill later ground buckwheat and animal feed until the mid-1930s. Seaman also built the owner's house in 1894 and rebuilt the barn, wagon shed and hog house. The mill's heavy hewn timber framing and some machinery survive, though the dam is now ruins. After decades of vacancy, the property was rehabilitated after 1988 and now operates as a bed and breakfast. It was listed for its industrial and architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1835-ca. 1935","architect_builder":"Millwrights Leonard and Curran (per an inscription on a wood panel in the mill); form lists Architect/Builder as N/A","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Stood vacant and open to the elements for nearly half a century after milling ended; rehabilitated after 1988 and currently used as a bed and breakfast inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.815091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000140.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Grist_Mill_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707375"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/stone-grist-mill-complex-96000140/"}