Gurleyville Grist Mill
The Gurleyville Grist Mill is the only surviving stone gristmill in Connecticut. This important historical and cultural site documents the development of modern America and offers an understanding of the technological past.
Dr. Abbott Lowell Cummings, past president of what is now known as Historic New England, wrote this on the Gurleyville Grist Mill in 1965, fourteen years prior to its preservation by Joshua’s Trust:
"The setting as a whole is [not] improvable and adds immeasurably to the interest of the building. If it can be preserved and maintained... it will continue to be among those very few New England occupational buildings which can boast of a virtually unspoiled setting. the adjoining meadows and fields with the woods beyond, the stream and its rustic bridge, and the early house... combine to make an effective picture which one would be hard put to duplicate elsewhere in our rapidly changing landscape. When such a picture has survived intact, it would seem that we have double a responsibility to ensure its preservation for future generations."