HARRISON — The last scheduled tour for the season at the Scribner’s Sawmill and Homestead will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31.

The diary kept by Horace Barrows, an investor in the original sawmill, noted that the mill enterprise commenced its specific operation on Oct. 15, 1847. At that time the mill housed an up-and-down sash saw to cut dimension lumber and machinery to manufacture clapboards, shingles and lath — all the wooden materials needed to construct a house at the time. As the number of products increased, the mill was enlarged to accommodate machinery to make barrels, a lathe to turn items such as Peavey handles, a planer to finish wood and special saws to manufacture box parts (shook). The mill continues to make barrels and shingles while the restoration of the site continues

After touring the mill, step back in time with a tour of the Scribner Homestead. The homestead, built in 1849, was the home for five generations of the Scribner family and is interpreted as it appeared in the 1920s when it was remodeled and electricity, generated at the mill, was installed.

The homestead barn holds a large collection of antique mill equipment. Behind the barn is the ice house which is full of tools used in harvesting ice off the Crooked River

Scribner’s Mill is found one mile south of Bolsters Mills on Jesse Mill Road just over the bridge in Harrison. Or follow the Maine State Directional Signs found at Carsley Road from Route 35 North, or Maple Ridge Road from Route 117 to the mill. Entrance is free; donations are welcomed and used for the continued restoration of the site. For more information or to schedule a private tour, call 583-MILL (6455).