The decline of the sawmill industry, due to the depletion of the woodlands in that section of the country, together with the failure of the milling business as already described, caused the mills to be closed and the property sold to the Philadelphia & Western Railroad. The latter was in turn succeeded by George Dickinson, who as the last owner, purchased the property in February 1879, and came to reside in April of the following year. Leedom, his son, became the owner and was succeeded by a Mr. Leedom purchased the Miller Mills and lived there until his death in 1872.
A few years later David Quinn became associated with him in the business and served as manager. (The extant) mills were built about 1810 by Jonathan Miller.
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