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Stony Brook Grist Mill

Field	Value
name	Stony Brook Grist Mill
image	Stony Brook Grist Mill.jpg
location	Harbor Road, West of Main Street
Stony Brook, New York
coordinates
locmapin	New York#USA
added	August 3, 1990
area	12 acre
refnum	90001140

Stony Brook, New York The Stony Brook Grist Mill is a Registered Historic Place property in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York. Its construction in 1699 created the Mill Pond astride the Brookhaven-Smithtown boundary. The mill structure itself dates back to at least circa 1751.

History

The Stony Brook Grist Mill, Long Island's most fully operational mill, features on both the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places.

In the late 1800s, a vineyard flourished on the island within the Mill Pond's confines. Catawba grapes, harvested from this vineyard, underwent pressing and fermentation within the Stony Brook Grist Mill. The resulting wine was then bottled in Brooklyn and distributed through a nearby tavern.

Even into the 1950s, local farmers continued to rely on the mill's services, bringing their wheat and corn for grinding. Miller Schaefer specialized in milling natural wheat, producing "health food" that gained popularity nationwide, with shipments reaching customers in 42 states.

Flooding from an August 2024 storm collapsed the roadway adjacent to the mill, emptying the mill pond into the harbor. The mill was not damaged but required cleanup after being buried in sand.

Conservatory

Today the Ward Melville Heritage Organization owns and operates the mill as a working mill museum.

References

{{NRISref. 2009a
[https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/Suffolk/state5.html Suffolk County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places]
Kathleen LaFrank. (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Stony Brook Grist Mill". National Archives and Records Administration.
[https://wmho.org/attractions/the-stony-brook-grist-mill-c-1751-2/ The Stony Brook Grist Mill c. 1751 (Ward Melville Heritage Organization)]
(2024-08-24). "Historic Grist Mill survives devastating flooding in Stony Brook". Newsday.
(2024-09-20). "Stony Brook community pulls together to restore storm-damaged Mill Pond, Harbor Road". Newsday.
[http://www.wmho.org/GristMill.asp Stony Brook Grist Mill (Ward Melville Heritage Organization) ] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-05-09)

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