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  • Early
  • 1852-1879
  • City of Atlanta
  • Location approximate

Howell's Mills (1852)

Judge Clark Howell (1811-1882) built a gristmill and a sash sawmill on the north bank of Peachtree Creek in 1852. They survived the war and burned in 1879.

See it on the map All Early records

The record

The GHS marker places the two mill buildings in a bend of the creek about 1,000 feet west of today's bridge; the old road crossed on a wooden bridge west of the present highway. The mills were the center of a rural community with a post office (1876-1891), and Foster's Woolen Mill stood on the south bank about 1880. Another GHS marker identifies Howell Mill Road as the old Atlanta-Pace's Ferry road.

Today: Howell Mill Rd at Peachtree Creek.