mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins; water topics
Marker Year
1962
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Yes
Marker Location
Mill Pond Park, 190, E. City Limits, San Saba (where E. Commerce meets S. Mill and Doug Sullivan).
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
Medallion & Plate
Marker Text
Structure of great value to community in early days. Erected about 1875 by John H. ("Shorty") Brown (1817-96), one of founders of San Saba, in 1850s. This building housed machinery of gristmill (which ground corn meal, for bread) and a cotton gin. It was run by water power supplied by San Saba Springs. After mill was in disuse, city water system machinery was housed here. San Saba Garden Club restored the building after acquisition, 1956.
