020_Red Mill, Chestnut Street, Corydon, Indiana

Description:	This prominent mill stood on the southeast corner of Chestnut and Mulberrry Streets in Corydon from 1834 to 1926, and, although it had a number of different owners throughout its history, it was consistently known as the Red Mill due to its exterior paint color. A stock company comprised of various individuals and known as the Corydon Steam Mill Company, built the four-and-a half-story structure, which measured 48 by 50 feet in size. One of the early flouring mills established in Corydon, it operated by steam power rather than water wheel as did most mills of the time. Some of the mills owners and part owners were: Robert Leffler, Harvey M. Applegate, Willison Hisey, George W. Denbo, John Loweth, Andrew Lawson, Joseph. S. Moreman, E. L. Pitman, and Ed OConnor. During the Civil War, the mill narrowly escaped destruction when Confederate troops under John Hunt Morgan raided the town of Corydon in July 1863. The Confederates reportedly threatened to burn the mill until owner Harvey M. Applegate paid Morgan $800 to let it stand. In 1890, the J. S. Moreman Milling Co. bought the mill and revamped the operation with new, modern equipment that increased production to 90 barrels of flour per day. Featured brands were Ladies White, Gaslight, and Gold Medal. In 1903, the Red Mill changed hands again, and new owner E. L. Nick Pitman remodeled and enlarged the building. Pitman also constructed a large two-story residence next door to the mill (visible in the above image). By 1910, the Watson Milling Co. ran the facility, and in 1915 Ed OConnor purchased the Red Mill and operated it for the next ten years. In 1926, L. A. Reasor (who by that time owned and resided in the adjacent Pitman House) purchased the mill property. Reasor razed the old mill building and constructed a garage and filling station on the site.
Origin:	ca. 1905
Source:	http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll20/id/17
Collection:	Mills of Harrison County
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Geography:	Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana
Subjects:	Mills

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