The Mills By hdubuque Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Jun 1, 2019 MCF/Camp Middlesex Properties 1789 Benjamin Lawrence builds original Gristmill 1800 Ephraim Hayward purchased the property, tore down mill and built on the Gristmill site 1801 Possible date Sawmill was built 1830 First documentation of Sawmill. Possible build date 1856 Heavy rain flood. Dam broke. Heavy damage to Mills 1869 Mills remain in Hayward Family through 1860s 1870 John Davis, Jos and James Kendall mill owners. 1885 Wilder’s Turning Mill est. by Henry Wilder. Located at intersection of Valley & Allen Rd. Sons Harry & Albert ran mill 1887- 1940 1885 Mills purchased by Wm. O. Loveland. (30 yrs old). Paid $3600.00 1889 Erickson Rd extended from Mills to Valley Rd. 1922 Wm. Loveland sold the Mills+ and moved to Florida 1923 Property sold/left to son Harold Loveland. 1940 Middlesex County 4-H purchases the property, including the Farmhouse and the Mills. Cost: 5,000.00 1940 Property discovered by Allister MacDougall 1942 Used Camp Lapham's waterfront for swimming 1942-47 1942 Middlesex County Foundation,Inc. formed. ownership transferred 1947 New dam built/pond bulldozed and widened 1947/48 1976 Waterfront expanded by the Kiwanis of Woburn 2016 Replaced bridge over Willard book into Camp