Old Grist Mill, 1774 - Lebanon, York County
Lebanon's Old Grist Mill is the oldest surviving industrial building in town. Built by Joseph Hardison, the large rectangular mill sits on a massive foundation of dry laid stone five feet thick tapering to a width of two feet under the sills of the building. The two-story mill is typical of eighteenth-century construction with a gabled roof, framed with heavy hand hewn timbers, and a double thickness of hardwood for flooring. Like many places in rural Maine, the mill harnessed the power of a stream for manufacturing.