Old Red Mill and Mill House, Historic mill and mill house in Jericho, Vermont, United States

The Old Red Mill and Mill House stand on the west bank of the Browns River in Jericho, the mill on the north side of Vermont Route 15 just west of the river crossing. The mill's first floor is stone and its upper walls are wood framing sheathed in red-painted stamped metal plating, under a gabled roof with a square tower at the northeast corner. A shed-roofed wheelhouse projects into the river bed, and a stone retaining wall lines the west bank. The 1-1/2 story mill house, west of the mill across the access drive, has a gabled main block, two north ells, jigsawn vergeboard and a porch with turned posts and brackets.

James Hutchinson built the mill in 1856 on an existing mill privilege; L.B. Howe enlarged it to its present form in 1885 and installed rollers for grinding grain. Its flour shipped across New England until the mill closed in 1946. The house, a Gothic Revival dwelling, dates to 1859.

The Jericho Historical Society maintains this site as a museum where visitors can see exhibits about milling work and how the community developed around such industries. Walking through the rooms gives a sense of how the mill shaped daily life for people in the area.

The mill stands on the north side of Vermont Route 15, just west of where the road crosses the Browns River, on the river's west bank; the house sits west of it, across the access drive. The wheelhouse projects into the river bed and the west bank is held by a stone retaining wall, so the buildings are best seen from the road and the drive rather than from the water.

The wheelhouse extends directly into the Browns River, an unusual feature that allowed the machinery to be powered directly by the flowing water. This close integration with the river demonstrates how mills depended on immediate access to water power for their operations.