One-half mile south of Blain is the oldest mill still operating in Perry County. Constructed by James Blaine in 1778, the four-story frame and stone building is now owned and operated by the Smiths as a feed and grain mill. Nearby stands Enslow's Covered Bridge across Sherman's Creek. Built in 1904, it is 116 feet long with vertical board siding and a deck of crosswise planking.
George E. Thomas, "Smith's Mill and Enslow's Covered Bridge", [Blain, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-PE12.
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 424-424.
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.
