National Register Record for HILDEBRAND MILL

Historic Name: HILDEBRAND MILL
Current Name: BECK MILL
Address: 10 MILES WEST OF WEST SILOAM SPRINGS
City: SILOAM SPRINGS VICINITY            County: DELAWARE
Section: 24, SW 1/4           Township: 20N           Range: 24E          
Description of significance: FOR MANY YEARS, THE HILDEBRAND MILL PROCESSED CORN, WHEAT, AND TIMBER FOR RESIDENTS OF DELAWARE COUNTY. THE ORIGINAL MILL WAS BUILT IN THE 1840S, BUT WAS DESTROYED BY FLOOD WATERS IN 1892. A NEW, LARGER MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907. ORIGINALLY RELYING ON HYDROELECTRIC POWER FROM A WATER WHEEL, THE POWER SOURCE OF THE MILL WAS MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE A GASOLINE ENGINE IN 1935. THE MILL REMAINED IN SERVICE UNTIL SUMMER 1967. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/18/72.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE: PROCESSING
Current Function: VACANT / NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1907            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: DANIEL F. LITTLEFIELD JR. AND LONNIE E. UNDERHILL, "HILDEBRAND'S MILL NEAR FLINT, CHEROKEE NATION", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 48, 1970, P. 83-94; "NOTES AND DOCUMENTS", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOLUME 32, 1954, P. 227-229.
Date Prepared: JANUARY 1972