Algonquin Mill in Carrollton was built around 1826. (Credit: Ken Drenten)

By Ken Drenten

Algonquin Mill, built about 1826, is the focal point of the Algonquin Mill Fall Festival held each October.

The mill was named for an Indian encampment once located near the settlement now known as Petersburg. The mill replaced an earlier mill built about 1818. At its peak in the early 20th century, the mill produced 25 barrels of flour per day, grinding wheat, oats, corn and buckwheat. The mill was shut down in 1938.

In 1969, the Carroll County Historical Society began restoring the mill as near as possible to its original condition. The mill is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is the centerpiece of a collection of barns, cabins and other historic buildings near Carrollton.

Today, the mill grinds flour and corn meal for sale to the public on scheduled weekends and at the fall festival. The three-day Algonquin Mill Festival includes food, craft demonstrations, horse-drawn wagon rides, antique steam engine and tractor demonstrations and more.

A collection of historic buildings is near Algonquin Mill. (Credit: Ken Drenten)

The 75-acre historic park includes log cabins, a print shop, a one-room schoolhouse, a stagecoach tavern, a farmhouse and farm museum, a windmill, a train depot building, a restored iron bridge, several barns and other buildings.

Algonquin Mill is located at 234 Autumn Road SW, four miles south of Carrollton on SR 332.

(Source: Carroll County Historical Society)

Ken Drenten is creator and manager of Dusty-Tires.com, a travel blog for out-of-the-ordinary places in Ohio.

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