The Ghent Woolen Mill was one of at least thirteen mills built in the Yellow Creek Valley to use the water power created by the creek’s 400-foot fall across Bath Township. Built by Messrs. Allen and Bloom in 1832, it achieved only marginal commercial success and changed hands several times during the 1800s, reportedly because a large wolf population in the region made sheep raising risky. In its peak years during the Civil War era, the mill processed as much as 10,000 pounds of wool into finished cloth and yarn each year. It was converted to residences in the late 1890s and is the oldest known woolen mill still standing in Ohio, retaining many of its original architectural features.
