Nomination for Bear's Mill

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JUN IO 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 8th--Walter E. Powell &X Building KX Private - In Process ] Unrestricted - Structure - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Commercial OWNER'S NAME: R. R.

2 Ohio 45331 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: LOCATION Greenville Religious 037 DATE CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE STATE Government CATEGORY Educational Yes: District 039 Site NAME Unoccupied Both Private Residence Entertainment Darke Scientific Local CODE Federal STATUS Museum Agricultural OWNERSHIP COMMON: Industrial Public CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Ohio The Court House Being Considered Public Acquisition: DATA SHEET Greenville vicinity OWNER OF PROPERTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Darke County Recorder's Office (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY Bear's Mill 345331 Other County CEL Military ENTRY NUMBER Park NATIONAL REGISTER Object - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed Cj Unaltered - Moved XX Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

of the mill, 44" and 30.5" respectively, that provide 65 a line shaft to transfer power, a generator for lights, and floor has storage bins, transfer machinery, flour purifier, wood in 1922. CONDITION DESCRIPTION cable pulley. recent years to replace stone crumbling from erosion.The tion is in part original stone and part concrete installed in The interior of the mill is functional industrial.The levels serviced by a water powered winch with cable fall from machinery is driven by two water turbines beneath the rear scourers,aspirator and winch are under the roof. The black walnut weatherboard is the first sheathing from Water power on Greenville Creek provides a nine foot (Check One) Bears Mill is a three and one-half story frame industrial few exceptions. horsepower. and sifting machines.

The top line shaft, corn screener dam of 65' and a 160' main dam, both of concrete that replaced head of water at the forebay. Iwo dams connected by levee Excellent The and barrelling aredone on the second floor.The three imported building of the Jacksonian era which faces east. The south side upstream has a gate for the The central bay has grain handling doors on all four The first floor has a small sales store, The founda- hewn timbers some of which are 12"xl6"beams up to50'long.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE X 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1849 - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Engineering - Other (Specify) XX Industry - Invention - Science Bear's Mill is a rare example of a water powered until the recent semi-retirement of the miller, Charles Andrews, was operating at its full stone ground capacity of thirty-five tons of flours, cereals, and meals per year. the present mill when Gabriel Bear, a Pennsylvania miller, bought out the Harts, installed machinery and commenced three French buhr stones, world renowned for their out his interest and the mill was operated by a succession Charles Andrews, a Navy veteran of World Wars I and II, oatmeal, and wheat bran by mail, interstate and to such Conservation Commerce Military 1946.

losophy Architecture Communications Literature Education Aboriginal Agriculture Transportation Theater Pre-Columbian Music itarian Political Social/Human- historic character of the mill and specialized in stone of milling techniques. progressive Bear travelled to France where he purchased William, Moses and Manning Hart were constructing The mill has exceptional value as a museum of the development ground flour for its vitamin qualities.He shipped stone Religion/Phi. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Sculpture The younger Cromer set his mill on a new burst of Landscape are standing ready for use today on the second floor. (see continuation sheet) increase in mail rates during the lg50's made business is the oldest manufacturing facility in Darke County and purchased five of the new mills from a Dayton firm in l886 PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) gristmill truly operated in the pre-industrial manner. It abrasive qualities. These stones, installed in 1850, are of partnerships. \Marcellus Cromer bought out John Stoltz purchased the mill in 1946. ground cornmeal, wheat flour, whole rye flour, buckwheat, distant places as Tahiti, Alaska, and Oslo, Norway. The becoming his father's partner in 1884. When the elder Cromer 1849 progress.

Art Roller mill machinery was first patented in Andrews chose to maintain the grinding out flour today.After twelve years Bear sold milling in 1849.Local millstones proved deficient so the and renovated his mill's machinery.T Three of these mills

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY - LONGITUDE APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ACRES FORM PREPARED BY Ohio 45402 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been forth by the National Park Service. The recommended GPO 931-894 039 Degrees DATE Seconds LATITUDE Name COUNTY Dayton ATTEST: ORGANIZATION CODE Local STATE Title Minutes CORNER Company. Greenville Daily Advocate. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Dayton Journal Herald. Montgomery County Historical Society The Old Court House STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION National Register. Dayton Daily News.

STREET AND NUMBER: level of significance of this nomination is: LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES CITY OR TOWN: evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY NAME AND TITLE: - OF LESS THAN-TEN ACRES 709.500 4442 290 UTM ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 1880. UTM Natioral Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUN 1 0 8. Significance. APR30 1975 GPO 921.724 REGISTER Darke COUNTY DATE NATIONAL RECEIVED STATE Ohio (Continuation Sheet) difficult and he switched to grinding corn for a Chicago and the mill produces only for local retail consumption NATIONAL PARK SERVICE firm making corn snacks. Mr.

Andrews is now semi-retired Bear's Mill. (Number all entries) out its meal and flour in the time honored tradition. Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF RANCH CHIEF JUN National Register Write-up Send-back Federal Register Entry Re-submit 5,19.75 1975 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL CONTROL KEEPER Maps HISTORIAN Review 5.1.75 State Working Number4, 3o, 75. 81 7 TO HAER 8-5-25 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Inventory Entered INT:2106-74 5-2-15 Ohio Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION APRSO 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

037 039 IDENTIFICATION NAME Darke DATE NATIONAL COUNTY CODE RECEIVED COMMON: REGISTER November 1974 STATE ENTRY NUMBER Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bear's Mill from the southeast. CITY OR TOWN: Greenville (vicinity) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE OF PHOTO: 36 on Bear's Mill (7/72) TNE N 10.1975 U.S. 36 on Bear's Mill Road USGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 45402 876-167 Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Form No. 10-301a DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Stone grinding flour -- Charles W.

Andrews, miller COUNTY DATE RECEIVED CODE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: IDENTIFICATION STATE ENTRY NUMBER Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DARKE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: Bears Mill FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: Bear's Mill Road LOCA TION 45402 NAME 037 Montgomery County Historical Society PHOTO CREDIT: Greenville (vicinity) NEGATIVE FILED AT: TNEm Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Montgomery County Historical Society DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

NAME 037 DATE Darke IDENTIFICATION COUNTY CODE RECEIVED Three French buhr milling stone positions and hydraulic COMMON: STATE (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES valves to control the turbines PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CITY OR TOWN: Bear's Mill Road 039 FOR NPS USE ONLY OHIO APR 30 1975 Loren S. Gannon, Jr. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 87 6 - 1 67 November 1974 Greenville (vicinity) on Bear's Mill Road (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: U.S. 36 on Bear's Mill Road DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 037 DATE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION Darke STATE CODE REGISTER COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTO REFERENCE The dam and mill pond facing south. ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: November 1974 (7/72) 039 NAM LOCA TION Loren S. Gannon, Jr. APRS01975 Montgomery County Historical Bear's Mill Greenville (vicinity) Form No. 10-301a JUN 1 0 LOCA TION U. S. 36 on Bear's Mill Road DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 037 039 Darke NAME COUNTY CODE NATIONAL COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE STATE REGISTER FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO CREDIT: ENTRY NUMBER Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 876-167 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CITY OR TOWN: Bear's Mill (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) Bearrs Mill from the northwest (7/72) Loren S. Gannon, Jr NEGATIVE FILED ATI 45402 DATE IDENTIFICATION Greenville (vicinity) November 1g74 DATE OF PHOTO: TUE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ohio, just off U.S. 36 on Bear's Mill Road ARR 30 1975 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1886 roller mill machinery--Charles W.

Andrews, miller 039 DATE Darke NAME COUNTY CODE RECEIVED LOCATION STATE ENTRY NUMBER IDENTIFICATION Five miles east of Greenville PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (7/72) JUN 10 1975 BEARS MILL US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: Greenville (vicinity) Jim Harland, Dayton Daily News, COMMON: 876.167 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) JUN 1 0 1S7E U. S. 36, south on Bear's Mill Road U. S. Geological Survey TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-I 1961 037 Darke DATE COUNTY REGISTER COMMON: RECEIVED NATIONAL 039 STATE CODE SCALE: MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: REOUIREMENTS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1:24,000 APR301975 AND/OR HISTORIC: Ohio PROPERTY MAP FORM ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CITY OR TOWN: Bear's Mill STREET AND NUM BER: Five miles east of Greenville, just off Greenville (vicinity) (R.R.2) NAME LOCATION OHIO-DARKE CO 16 109 500 442 290 APR3 0 1975 GREENVILLE EAST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GREENVILLE EAST, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF OHIO Bears Mill 1961 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Cleveland Group Plan Historic District Root, A.I. and E.R., Homestead Medina County Iockington Covered Bridge Ion. John H.

Glenn, Jr. Lon. Robert Tafs, Jz. Hon. Jamas V. Stanton 6/11/75 Location STATE Name MMott/row Date Entered Darke County Lockington vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga County Lucas County Manhattan Building Shelhy County Greenville vicinity Also Notified West Union Regional Director, Midwest Region Cleveland Sinton Homestead The Ohio Historical Sccioty Intorstata 7l at l7th Avenue State Hiotoria Praservation Officer Medina Hon. Viiliam H. Harsha Fon. Tennyson Guyer 43211 Toledo Hon. Thicmas L. Ashley SLOCATION street & number XSTATE - deteriorated Xaltered Dexeellent ECO NOT INTACT-O Dreconstrueted - Unknown -unexcavated EO NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes Opo AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 EOCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 - ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH - 27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 SXINDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 *funotions 2) dates of initial construction: L1849 major alterations : arch itectural style(s): @engineer: @artisan: @bullder/contractor: Charles Andrews, miller, 1946-present County's oldestmanufacturing facility; continues to produce stone groundmeal and flour with water-powered French county CONDITION facility ENGINEERING-11 ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PERSONAL: SETTLEMENT-29 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION NAMES CURRENTLY: historic events: COMMERCE-6 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 6-10-75 Dunexposed ADMINISTRATOR: Grist Mill /appears on federal register: give role & date yicinity of site buhr stones installed in 1850.

4county code: Oruins SAVED? YES GNPS REGION: 037 -orens OTHER NAMES: Bears Will (12)SOURCE OF NOMINATION Ygood 3C NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 *first' O - RELIGION- 22 -EXPLORATION -12 @)master builder: @artist: ETHNIC GROUP landscape architect/ garden designer: XYES-Restricted YES-Unrestricted SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) Gabriel Bear, NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dunaltered Mfeatures: of entry: /1178 4 county code: (12)SOURCE Of NOMINATION - FEDERAL Loren 1 CONDITION - deteriorated (17) features: O X SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-3 Dexcellent Oruins Omoved EC NOT INTACT-O *good Oreconstructed - Unknown Ounexcavated - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes[X- AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.~ 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW -16 - RELIGION- 22 - ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH - 27 -O MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 XXINDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2functions ()dates of initial construction: L1849 major alterations : -landscape architeet / garden designer: 1 interior decorator: 1 artist: *artisan: Charles Andrews, miller, 1946-present facility ETHNIC 4/14/78 ASSOCIATION GROUP ENGINEERING-11 SETTLEMENT-29 builder/contractor: EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: historic events: Grist Mill architectural style(s): 6-10-75 Xaltered master builder: ADMINISTRATOR: URBAN PLANNING-31 appears on federal register: buhr stones installed in 1850.

SAVED? YES give role & date Xoriginal site yicinity of OCATION street & number GNPS REGION: 8th Bears vill Odateo 2 OTHER NAMES: (LI)CONGRESS. DISTRICT Dunexposed ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 2- NOT APPLICABLE-2 -EXPLORATION -12 'only' D )engineer: Gabriel Bear, Ist miller, installed French buhr stones in 1850 County's oldest manufacturing facility; continues to produce stone ground meal and flour with water-powered French DYES XINO @arohitoot: NAMES LOCAL NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) 19ADAPTIVE USE YES XNO 037