Stone Gristmill (Southwest View), 1876
Baus caption: Southwest view of stone grist mill. 1876
Name/Title
Stone Gristmill (Southwest View), 1876Entry/Object ID
082.1931 Bau.52Tags
North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 19th Century, Cleveland, 1870s, ArchitectureDescription
Plate 52 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing a southwest view of the stone gristmill in Doan Brook Gorge. Baus description: "In 1843 a new grist mill, the only stone building in the colony, was built near the stone quarry on the north side of the creek. On the south end it was four stories high. The massive walls of the basement story was four feet thick. It was a monument of solid masonry and workmanship, and was pronounced the finest in Ohio. It was sold and on July 4-1886, it was blown up by the owner, Chas. Reader. With a little forethought, what a wonderful monument this fine building would have made if left standing and fitted out as a museum of the old Shaker relics and handywork [sic]."Photograph Details
Subject Place
Township
Warrensville TownshipCounty
Cuyahoga CountyState/Province
OhioCountry
United StatesLocation
Doan Brook GorgeCity
ClevelandCategory
Photographs
Archives