At time of the American Revolution, Hugh Gaines made white sheets to print his Tory paper New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury. Operated by the Onderdonk family from 1773. Local folk lore believes President George Washington visited the paper mill on April 24, 1790.

Paper Mill was purchased by William Valentine in the early 1800s. After being blown down by a winter storm in 1906, this replica was built by Harold Godwin, William Cullen Bryant's grandson, during the creation of the Roslyn park.

Roslyn Paper Mill (1872-1887)

Photo Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.

George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). Phelps Paper Mill, Roslyn, Long Island, ca. 1872-1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.2-200 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.164.2-200_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

The Roslyn Paper Mill and the William Valentine House (circa 1875)

$75,000 was allocated to restoring the building in the Town of North Hempstead 2020 Capital Plan. See page 67 of this link.