The Mills

By hdubuque
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    MCF/Camp Middlesex Properties

  • Benjamin Lawrence builds original Gristmill

  • Ephraim Hayward purchased the property, tore down mill and built on the Gristmill site

  • Possible date Sawmill was built

  • First documentation of Sawmill. Possible build date

  • Heavy rain flood. Dam broke. Heavy damage to Mills

  • Mills remain in Hayward Family through 1860s

  • John Davis, Jos and James Kendall mill owners.

  • Wilder’s Turning Mill est. by Henry Wilder. Located at intersection of Valley & Allen Rd. Sons Harry & Albert ran mill 1887- 1940

  • Mills purchased by Wm. O. Loveland. (30 yrs old). Paid $3600.00

  • Erickson Rd extended from Mills to Valley Rd.

  • Wm. Loveland sold the Mills+ and moved to Florida

  • Property sold/left to son Harold Loveland.

  • Middlesex County 4-H purchases the property, including the Farmhouse and the Mills. Cost: 5,000.00

  • Property discovered by Allister MacDougall

  • Used Camp Lapham's waterfront for swimming 1942-47

  • Middlesex County Foundation,Inc. formed. ownership transferred

  • New dam built/pond bulldozed and widened 1947/48

  • Waterfront expanded by the Kiwanis of Woburn

  • Replaced bridge over Willard book into Camp