Area about 5 acres (2.0 ha) NRHP Reference # 74001171 Designated NJRHP July 1, 1974 Added to NRHP 19 November 1974 | Built 18th-19th centuries NJRHP # 1699 | |
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Similar Anderson‑Capner House, East Trenton Public Lib, Golden Swan‑True American | ||
The Somerset Roller Mills, also known as the Jacobs Creek Grist Mill, are a small former gristmill complex, originally built in the early 18th century, in Titusville, New Jersey.
History
Tradition holds that Isaac Smith received a 1,000 acres (400 ha) land grant in 1726 from the English Crown. It is thought that shortly thereafter he built the first house and mill on the site, shipping processed grain down the river to Philadelphia. It is probable that the mill provided flour to the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The opening of the Delaware and Raritan Canal next to the mill in 1834 greatly improved its business, leading to its expansion in the 1840s. The mill continued in operation until the early Depression by which point modern automated mill technology rendered its manual operations obsolete. The mill documents the beginnings, development, and decline of a pre-20th century rural manufacturing process.