Scribner’s Sawmill site open for tours

HARRISON — The 2012 schedule for tours of the historic Scribner’s Sawmill and Homestead has been set for the summer season beginning Saturday, June 2 from 1-4 p.m. and continuing on the first and third Saturdays throughout the summer months ending on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, September 1.

When open, there will be demonstration of barrel assembly and shingle making. In the 1849 Scribner Homestead museum, visitors will learn about the five generations of Scribners who operated or worked in the mill and take a peek into the life of the Scribner family.

Entrance is free; however, all donations go toward the permitting process to establish a low head dam with a fishway for the operation of the water driven mill machinery.

Scribner’s Mill is found one mile south of Bolster’s Mills from Jesse Mill Rd. just over the bridge in the Town of Harrison, or follow the Maine State directional signs found at Carsley Rd. from Rte 35 north or Maple Ridge Rd. from Rte. 117 to the mill. For more information or to schedule a visit, call 583-MILL (6455).