Eber Clough birch and stave mill

The Colonial period settlement of Bethel began with the construction in 1774 by Joseph Twitchell of both a sawmill and gristmill at the foot of Mill Hill (Route 5). Necessities in the founding of most New England towns, these mills were the first framed structures erected in the town. This circa 1890 view shows the Eber Clough birch and stave mill, which later occupied the early sawmill site.

Circa 1890

Courtesy of Mary C. Keniston