Fowlers Mill, originally Fowler's Mills, developed around mills built in the 1830s on the Chagrin River and became the commercial center of Munson Township. From the 1830s into the twentieth century, the community grew with churches, a post office, township hall, stores, hotel, blacksmith shop, schools, and houses in Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne styles. On Mayfield Road, the Disciple Church was built in 1842, and east of it the brick central school built in 1913 replaced earlier one-room schoolhouses. The gristmill is the only mill still standing in Geauga County, and the cemetery contains burials dating from the 1830s. The district, notable as a rural nineteenth-century community center that retains much original fabric, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. As Fowlers Mill grew, businesses and institutions clustered at the crossroads, including two general stores, a church, and the Munson Township Hall by 1900. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Carlson built a store and residence on the northeast corner in 1916 after the original building burned in 1915. The earlier building had been constructed as a tavern before 1850. In 1890, Albert Harper bought the tavern, then called a hotel, used the rear as his residence, and converted the front into a general store. Harper later added a hall that served as a community center for dances, grange meetings, and other social gatherings. When the Carlsons rebuilt after the fire, they rebuilt the hall as well, and Munson Township celebrated its centennial there on July 27, 1916, with dinner and a dance.