In 1916, the Hicks family, the last owners of the Roslyn Grist Mill, transferred the property to trustees including Harold Godwin, grandson of William Cullen Bryant. The trustees' plans were to restore the building to house a museum of industrial arts which soon became the Roslyn Mill Tea House.
These two photos from the Bryant Library Local History Collection show the original mill structure before its original restoration completed around 1917.
In 1916, the Roslyn Grist Mill's first floor was still level to the street. The sign read "Joshua T Hicks Roslyn Mill."
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Any information about the present white building formally a bank next to the Grist Mill? In the old photo there was an extension on the side of the Grist mill and a building next to it?
Mark, here is the link: https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/projects/hicks-lumber-company-store .
I have never seen the view with the shoring. Thanks for posting!
Terry, I never saw this photo either. It does show the structure before it was restored as the Roslyn Mill Tea House.
I was quite surprised to see it. My office in the County Museum did an extensive analysis of all the known historic Roslyn Mill photos for the 1994 Historic Structure Report on the mill, but we didn't turn up that one.
Interesting to see how bad the state of the north and east sides of the old building was. I wonder if this was the result of a bad storm.
Howard, The stone used to construct the Harbor Hill Water tower was not local stone. They came from the demolition of the old reservoir that was located at Fifth Ave. and 42nd St. in the City, where the library is located today.