Mascot Mill

The Mascot Roller Mill is a well preserved mill on the Mill Creek and one of only two in Lancaster County that still run under water power. The mill and house are open as a museum five days a week from May through September. The Ressler Mill Foundation website is at www.resslermill.org.

Jacob Bare (Bear) built the first mill at this location sometime before 1740. The first mill was 1.5 stories high. Between 1740 and 1820, many different persons owned the mill for varying lengths of time. Daniel Groff bought the property in 1820. It was Groff who raised the mill up to its current height. In 1835, he built the Groff Store/House across the corner and in 1855, he built the house next door as the new miller’s home.

William Ressler took over in 1865 and since then, three generations of Ressler’s owned and operated the mill. In 1967, The last miller, W. Franklin Ressler, and his sister, Anna, started the Ressler Mill Foundation to preserve the mill and open it to the public. Franklin retired in 1977.