History of Mill Pond Shops
Construction on the Mill Pond Shops “shopping center” appears to have begun in 1968, though the first building (the one with the wheel) wasn’t completed until 1974. A secondary building was completed a few years after that. Originally owned, as was all of the downtown crossroads by the Ruth family, this “corner” of the crossroads eventually became it’s own unique farm, with the farm house and buildings located where 4103 Robert Parker Coffin is today. According to county records, some of the 1940’s era structures from that farm were the basis of the building currently standing at that address....
Read More