Glen Williams Mill
Williams Mill 515 Main Street, Glen Williams
Benajah Williams of Grimsby Township purchased the Muirhead property, Lot 21 Conc. 10 Esquesing Township (Glen Williams) and had a saw mill up and running by 1825 followed by a flour mill soon afterward. In 1839 Jacob Williams started a woollen mill. Other mills included Tweedle’s sawmill and William McClure’s sawmill.
Built in 1826. These buildings compromise the original Williams saw and flour mills as well as more recent storage buildings. The Williams saw mill was built by Benajah Williams in 1826 upon his arrival in the Glen.. Joseph Williams’ saw mill, later power plant, in Glen Williams was built in 1850’s. It was refitted twice before 1877 (once after a forest fire in 1866). Around 1891-92 it was reconstructed and converted into a hosiery mill. The flour mill was probably built a few years after the saw mill and survived until 1890 when it burned down. The Georgetown Electric Light Company power plant was rebuilt on the original flour mill foundations around 1900 and had 2 dynamos which produced electricity for the area. This closed in 1913 with the coming of Ontario Hydro. In 1926 the building became “Apple Productions” and run by the Lindner family. In 1985 the plant was closed by Reinhart Vinegars and moved to Stayer. The buildings sat for a few years until 1989 when Douglas Brock restored these historical buildings, which now is Williams Mill Arts Centre. Both of these existing structures have been designated under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by the Town of Halton Hills.
Benajah Williams of Grimsby Township purchased the Muirhead property, Lot 21 Conc. 10 Esquesing Township (Glen Williams) and had a saw mill up and running by 1825 followed by a flour mill soon afterward. In 1839 Jacob Williams started a woollen mill. Other mills included Tweedle’s sawmill and William McClure’s sawmill.
Built in 1826. These buildings compromise the original Williams saw and flour mills as well as more recent storage buildings. The Williams saw mill was built by Benajah Williams in 1826 upon his arrival in the Glen.. Joseph Williams’ saw mill, later power plant, in Glen Williams was built in 1850’s. It was refitted twice before 1877 (once after a forest fire in 1866). Around 1891-92 it was reconstructed and converted into a hosiery mill. The flour mill was probably built a few years after the saw mill and survived until 1890 when it burned down. The Georgetown Electric Light Company power plant was rebuilt on the original flour mill foundations around 1900 and had 2 dynamos which produced electricity for the area. This closed in 1913 with the coming of Ontario Hydro. In 1926 the building became “Apple Productions” and run by the Lindner family. In 1985 the plant was closed by Reinhart Vinegars and moved to Stayer. The buildings sat for a few years until 1989 when Douglas Brock restored these historical buildings, which now is Williams Mill Arts Centre. Both of these existing structures have been designated under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by the Town of Halton Hills.
