The Burwell-Morgan Mill, established in 1785, is the oldest operable merchant mill in the Shenandoah Valley. In the mid-nineteenth century the mill operated twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, processing more than sixty thousand bushels of wheat per year. The community of Millwood grew around this commercial center as related businesses were established, and by way of the seaports at Alexandria and Baltimore, mill products were shipped abroad.

Visitors marvel as the water rushes through the mill, turning the unusual interior waterwheel, just as it did in the eighteenth century. The wheel generates power to the massive wooden gears that rotate the two-ton French buhr wheels which, controlled by the miller, grind the corn into meal. Volunteers bag the meal as it floats down the wooden chute, and it is sold in the museum shop.

Restoration of the Mill is now complete. Saturdays and most major holidays are Grinding Days. (Call to check on holidays.) Our lovely Mill meadow is also available for rental for weddings, family reunions, company picnics, etc. at reasonable rates. Visitors may enjoy the picnic tables in the mill-race meadow any time; public restrooms are available when the mill is open.

Built by Nathaniel Burwell of Carter's Grove in 1785 and managed by Gen. Daniel Morgan, this mill ground & exported flour and corn meal until the 1940s. Fully restored, we grind on Saturdays.