 Iron tie rods are found in patterns on the building exterior; these provide stability for the wooden elements of the floor supports.The mill was probably built by Belchertown mill builder Nathaniel Dudley Goodell, and is the only stone mill in the town.It is one of a small number of mills built in western Massachusetts on the Rhode Island model of mills, and is one of the only ones to date before the introduction of turbines into the water power system.