Chipman's Mill is located near Laurel, Delaware

Laurel, Delaware

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,668 people, 1,389 households, and 957 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,215.9 people per square mile . There were 1,561 housing units at an average density of 943.0 per square mile...

. Composed of two structures, the older is original to the site. The one story mill, built by Joseph Chipman in 1884, is situated over the millrace and contains turbines and millstones. The wooden superstructure featured mortise and tenon

Mortise and tenon

The mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°. In its basic form it is both simple and strong. Although there are many joint variations, the basic mortise and tenon...

 joinery. An adjoining two story section was moved to the site from elsewhere.

Chipman's Mill functioned into the late 1940s. It was destroyed by fire in November 1986.

See also

• Chipman Potato House
  Chipman Potato House
  The Chipman Potato House is located near Laurel, Delaware, one of the last surviving examples of its building type. The southern part of Delaware saw a sweet potato boom from 1900 until blight struck in the 1940s. In order to store the crops, potato houses were built. The Chipman House was built...
  
  , also built by the Chipman family nearby
• Old Christ Church (Laurel, Delaware)
  Old Christ Church (Laurel, Delaware)
  Old Christ Church, also known as Old Lightwood, is a historic church near Laurel, Delaware. The 1772 church resembles its parent church, Green Hill Church of Stepney Parish in Green Hill, Maryland, except that while Stepney was built in brick, Christ Church is of wood construction...
  
  , on the other side of the mill's dam