Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“Adams Mill is a historic grist mill located at Democrat Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1845-1846, and is a rectangular frame building.”
Wikipedia article Adams Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 37 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Democrat Township in History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 names Cutler. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The oldest mill was the Adam's mill, located on Wild Cat creek, east of Cutler, in 1831. Mr. Adams erected a flouring-mill in 1835. Samuel Weaver operated a carding-mill, also manufactured linseed oil, and later operated a woolen-mill at Prince William. A tannery was operated by a Mr. Campbell from 1835 to 1840. Lexington was laid out on land of Eli Patty in 1835, and was a good trading point. Prince William was noted in early times as a popular place for the holding of political meetings. Considerable business was transacted at this place during the palmy days of the "Plank Road" existence. Wild Cat creek is the principal stream in the township, having several branches in the southeastern part of the town¬ ship.
Passage source: History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Democrat Township - 328 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adams Mill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutler, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | $6,000 | Several large trees were reported down with one blocking State Route 75 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | $500 | Tree limbs, eight to ten inches in diameter, were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cutler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adams Mill Covered Bridge | 0.3 miles | 1996 |
| Burlington Township No. 9 School | 5.3 miles | 2019 | |
 | Lancaster Covered Bridge | 5.8 miles | 2021 |
| Wagoner-Ayres House | 5.9 miles | 2024 | |
| American House Hotel | 5.9 miles | 2018 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000278 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carroll County | All 37 listed properties in this county. |
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