The Old Mill In Anytown

In 1768, Samuel Lewis, a miller from Franklin Corners, built a water-powered gristmill and a barn on the Anytown River on land he acquired from William Penn. His grandson, Richard Southard, bought the property in 1777 and found that its convenient location, along a major thoroughfare between New York and Philadelphia, was practical for commerce and placed him smack in the middle of the Revolutionary War.

After passing through several hands in the ensuing years, the owners of Java Been saw intriguing possibilities in the old mill and bought the entire property in 2015. He Rather than gut the inside, however, we chose to preserve the unique spirit of the classic old structure through a painstaking restoration.

In the year 2017, the current Olde Mill remained and became the new home for Java Been. Not a beam was touched in the Mill’s solid frame, and remains to this day as it was more than two centuries ago.