New Immaculata Students Spruce Up Historic Chester County Mill

MALVERN, PA — Immaculata University students didn’t waste time giving back to the community.

After moving into the dorms on Friday on the East Whiteland Township campus, new students spent Saturday sprucing up the Mill at Anselma, a 22-acre historic site along Pickering Creek in Chester Springs.

The wheat mill was built in 1774 and was periodically updated.

The students cleaned the Red Barn Visitors Center and the miller’s home.

“The windows are gleaming,” Ernie Holling, mill chairman, said. “They pressure washed the bridge and even did some pruning and gardening.”

Dave Rollenhagen, miller, thanked the students for the service at the 275-year-old National Historic Landmark.

Walt Homan, mill tour guide, said the students displayed a positive attitude. Sister Rose Mulligan accompanied the students.

“They all had an attitude of can-do, will-do and glad-to-do,” he said. “They got a lot done, and the mill has benefitted from their donated time.”

The mill retains its original Colonial-Era mechanisms, as well as multiple layers of industrial equipment ranging from the late 1700s to the mid-1900s.

The Mill at Anselma, 1730 Conestoga Road, Chester Springs, is open to the public.

Trails are open from dawn to dusk and from April to December Saturday (10 a.m. to 4p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.).

More information is available here.