Tom Walker’s Grist Mill was deemed a historic site, by the State of Michigan in 1975, and is more commonly known as the Parshallville Cider Mill. Located in Livingston County, the small hamlet of Parshallville sits on the banks of the North Ore Creek.

Isaac Parshall scouted for a good mill site all along the Ore Creek and decided this was where they would begin their life and build Success Flour.Parshall established the first Post Office in 1837,and ran it out of his home and continued to be the Postmaster for the next 4 years and 8 months.

Parshallville was a thriving community in the Mid 1800’s, with the Flour Mill being the center of it all. The community grew rapidly with the addition of 3 churches, a school house, 2 general stores, a wagon shop and livery stable, 3 blacksmith shops, a medical office, a cheese factory, a cider mill, a hardware store and gas station, a small foundry, along with the flour mill , post office and cemetery.

A map showing a selection of these historic buildings can be found at the cider mill today.

Come visit our mill which is one of the few remaining water powered mills in Michigan. This 145 year old mill has a very rich history as a flour mill (Success Flour) and a grist mill (Tom Walker’s Grist Mill) which ground grain and sold it to area farmers for animal feed. These grains are still listed on the mill wall today.