Droescher's Mill is located in Cranford, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1974. It is the oldest continuously operated commercial building in New Jersey.
Droescher's Mill
Cranford is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 23,847, an increase of 1,222 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 22,625, which in turn reflected an increase of 47 (+0.2%) from the 22,578 counted in the 2000 census.
Williams-Droescher's Mill, built in 1737 on the Rahway River
Paddlers race past the Cranford Canoe Club on the Rahway River during the annual Fourth of July competition in Cranford.
Cranford as depicted on a 1913 Board of Trade brochure
The cover of Souvenir of Cranford (1894) by architect Frank T. Lent