- Mansfield Roller Mill
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Mansfield Roller Mill
Location: Mansfield, Indiana Coordinates: 39°40′36.75″N 87°6′6.03″W / 39.676875°N 87.101675°WCoordinates: 39°40′36.75″N 87°6′6.03″W / 39.676875°N 87.101675°W Architect: Jacob Rohm Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private MPS: Grain Mills in Indiana MPS NRHP Reference#: 90001788 [1] Added to NRHP: December 7, 1990 The Mansfield Roller Mill or Mansfield Mill was a (gristmill) that was built in 1820 by James Kelsey and Francis Dickson and has always run on water power from Big Racoon Creek. The original mill was a 30-foot (9.1 m) by 30-foot (9.1 m) log building.
According to legend, glacial stones from a nearby farm were used for grinding. In the mid-19th century a sash saw mill and a carding mill were added to the grist mill. The mill is a state historic site still in operation. The Mansfield Roller Mill in Parke county in the City of Mansfield, Indiana now runs by water turbine engines.
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History
Between 1973 and 1978 Tex Kelly (Edward Earl Terry (actor)) "The Bad Man of the movies" purchased the Mansfield roller mill and several other buildings and attempt to fulfill his dream of turning the town into Frontier City. His efforts failed and in 1979, Tex and Isabel returned to Tex's hometown of Coxville, Indiana and opened "Tex's Longhorn Tavern".[2][3]
Owners Jack & Shirley Dalton and Frank & Sharon Hutcheson donated the mill to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Museums and Historic Sites in 1995.
The Mansfield Roller Mill is located at the corner of Mansfield Rd. (historic) and Big Raccoon Creek in Mansfield IN 47872, just southeast of Rockville, Indiana.
Mansfield Road (historic) is now called by several names depending on the map date:
- Country Road-37 (CR-37) (Most maps)
- Green Castle Road
- East 700 South
Geographic Coordinates
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- Latitude: 39° 40' 35" N Longitude: 87° 6' 7.99" W
See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
- Mansfield Indiana
- Mansfield Covered Bridge
- Parke County Covered Bridges
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
External links
- Historic Mansfield Roller Mill - official site
- Mansfield Village
- Historic Roller Mill
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Parke County - Covered Bridge Capital of the World
- ^ Tex Terry
Categories:- National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana
- Indiana mills
- Buildings and structures completed in 1920
- Museums in Parke County, Indiana
- Grinding mills in the United States
- Mill museums in the United States
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