(taken from: History of Lottsville, Pa. 1815-2015)
The oldest business in Lottsville is the Lottsville Milling. It was built beside the railroad tracks, the same year the railroad was completed thru Lottsville. The lumber for the mill was sawed in E.A. Baker’s own sawmill, located several hundred feet east of the mill towards town. In the early 1920’s E.A. Baker sold it to a co-op and it was then
known as the Lottsville Freehold Corporate Association. Farmers each paid $125.00 per share to be a part of the co-op. At this time an addition was added on to the east side of the building. (now the general store) and a 1921 Fairbanks truck scale was added to the road side of the building (still there today) Not much time elapsed before Earl bought the mill back and operated it as Lottsville Milling Company. During the early 1950’s E.A. Baker turned over the operation of the mill to his younger son, T. Sheridan Baker. In the early 1970’s the business was sold to Roger and Pat Mosher of Kennedy, NY. and became Mosher Mobile Milling. Prior to this, they operated an on the farm feed grinding business in Kennedy, NY. They operated a very successful business until they retired in 1996, when they sold the business to Todd and Wanda Johnson. The business name was changed back to Lottsville Milling Inc. The building itself is well built. The original 40’x60’ mill is a post and beam structure with doweled beams, many of which are chestnut. The main hewn beam measures approx. 14”x17” and runs the 60’ length of the building. Other beams have been repurposed from a burned sawmill and have char marks. To date the mill is still manufacturing animal grain. Recently it has been expanded into a general store with grains, gifts and goods. We inventory items such as fresh glass bottled milk, brown eggs, cheeses, pickles, honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies. We also carry a full inventory of leather and rubber boots.
