- Mill
- Water
- 1852-1879
- City of Atlanta
- Location approximate
Howell's Mills (Peachtree Creek)
Judge Clark Howell's grist and sash-saw mills on Peachtree Creek, established in 1852; Howell Mill Road is named for them. They burned in 1879.
The record
Marker 060-51 says the two buildings stood on the north bank, in a bend of the creek, 1,000 ft west of the present bridge, and the old road crossed on a wooden bridge west of today's. The mills survived the war, burned in 1879, and anchored a small community with a post office (1876-1891); Foster's Woolen Mill, established about 1880, stood on the south bank west of the marker. On the night of July 19, 1864 two brigades of Baird's division crossed at Howell's Mills on an improvised bridge (marker 060-53).
Today: Peachtree Creek floodplain west of the Howell Mill Road bridge.
Look for: Any mill-race or foundation traces on the north bank in the creek bend west of the bridge.