Around 1900, John Thomas Cecil built this mill over the foundation of W.W. Cecil's mill after the earlier structure was torn down. The county's first belt driven roller mill and the saw mill operated by water power until Cecil's death in 1927. His son, H. Robb Cecil, continued the operation and converted it from water to diesel power. The grist mill closed in 1940 when store-bought bread created too much competition, and the saw mill closed in 1959 after H. Robb Cecil's death. In 1975, John A. Cecil and William Cecil gave the mill to the historical society to preserve the structure and eventually house a museum.