Old Mill Tavern - Strasburg
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Title
Old Mill Tavern - Strasburg
Subject
Mills - Virginia - Strasburg
Water mills - Virginia - Strasburg
Strasburg (Va)
Description
Photograph of the Old Mill Tavern in Strasburg.
The tavern was located in what is known as Spengler's Mill. It was located on the southern edge of Strasburg on Route 11 (or Stover Avenue as that stretch is named). The building is still there today.
The water-powered mill was built between 1797 and 1804, by the Spengler family, and was located close to the confluence of Cedar Spring Run and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It was a working flour mill for many years.
During the 1920's and 1930's, it was operated by the Artz family and known as the Artz Mill.
It was converted into a well-known restaurant called "The Old Mill Tavern Restaurant" by the George Pappas family in 1938. The Old Mill was the place to go for dining, dancing and community celebrations under a number of different managers for nearly seventy years.
The Old Mill property was purchased by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles #4186, in 2017.
The tavern was located in what is known as Spengler's Mill. It was located on the southern edge of Strasburg on Route 11 (or Stover Avenue as that stretch is named). The building is still there today.
The water-powered mill was built between 1797 and 1804, by the Spengler family, and was located close to the confluence of Cedar Spring Run and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It was a working flour mill for many years.
During the 1920's and 1930's, it was operated by the Artz family and known as the Artz Mill.
It was converted into a well-known restaurant called "The Old Mill Tavern Restaurant" by the George Pappas family in 1938. The Old Mill was the place to go for dining, dancing and community celebrations under a number of different managers for nearly seventy years.
The Old Mill property was purchased by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles #4186, in 2017.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
9 March 1940 (per the ID Form).
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Historical information about the mill was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Spengler's Mill, or The Old Mill as it is also called, appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001210, 001212, 027290, and 027299.
Identifier
027290
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Old Mill Tavern - Strasburg,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/56968.
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