The original Jericho Cider Mill, which was located on Route 106 about 1/2 a mile north of Jericho Turnpike, was started in the early 1800’s. This earliest mill was directly west of the old barn north of the present cider mill on Route 106. George Doughty, a Florida contractor whose grandfather and father owned the mill, doesn’t know exactly when the original mill was started, but recalls, “When I was a boy exploring the deep cider mill cellars, we came across cider dated and bottled in 1840, and I presume 1820 would be a fairly reasonable date.”
The cider mill was a typical building of that era: it was a three-story wooden barn, the third story being a hayloft. The rock and brick foundation.
