HARRISON — The Scribner’s Sawmill and Homestead will be open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. The last tour for the 2014 season will be on Saturday, Aug. 30. Private tours can be arranged by calling 207-583-6455.
The original 1847 sawmill housed an up-and-down sash saw to cut dimension lumber and machinery to manufacture clapboards, shingles and lathe — all the wooden materials needed to construct a house at the time.
In 1896 over 10,124 barrels were made for use by the local apple growers to ship their produce to London where the local Baldwin apples were a sought-after treat in the foreign market. The mill continues to make barrels and shingles while the restoration of the site continues.
The homestead, built in 1849, was the home for five generations of the Scribner family and is interpreted as it appeared in the 1920s.
The barn holds a large collection of antique mill equipment. Behind the barn is the ice house which is filled with tools used in harvesting ice off the Crooked River.
Scribner’s Mill is found one mile south of Bolsters Mills on Jesse Mill Road just over the bridge in the town of Harrison. Or follow the Maine State Directional Signs found at Carsley Road from Route 35 North, or Maple Ridge Road from Route 117 to the mill.
Entrance is free; however, donations are welcomed and used for the continued restoration of the site. For more information or to schedule a private tour, call 583-mill (6455). To schedule a group tour or a school field trip, call education coordinator Nancy Grigg at 647-4459.
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