Lower Barkerville and the Osceola River Flouring Mill, Hungerford St.
In 1853 Daniel and Henry Stearns erected two mills on whet would be the future Hungerford St. One mill was located at the confluence with Jacoby Brook and the other at the junction with Santa Maria Place which was called the Railroad Mill. See below.
The mills were sold to the Barker family in 1865 and the area was then known as Lower Barkerville. On January 10, 1879, the Railroad Mill burned to the ground in one of the worst fires in the history of Pittsfield. Most of the buildings were destroyed and the Barkers were unable to recover after this loss.
Also in this area on Hungerford St. was the Osceola River Flouring Mill which was founded in 1865 by Charles Morgan and Fredrick Francis. The mill site later became a large planing mill used to convert logs to dimensional lumber. On October 28, 1895, a worker tipped over a lamp and started a fire that eventually spread throughout the entire complex. The local fire company worked for over 12 hours to save the building but all was lost.
The Mills of Pittsfield 