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Nankin Mills: Then and Now

This page shows photos of how the mill and surrounding area used to look and how it looks today. The Friends of Nankin Mills is always looking for photos to add to this site. Please contact us at Friends@Nankinmills.org

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Can anyone identify the make and model of car in the top left and bottom left photos?

The miller (tenant) house as it looked around 1940 when it was home to the Davison family. Frank Davison was the Nankin Mills plant manager. Photo courtesy of Joyce Covert and Judith Dubois.	The house today.
Photo of Joyce Covert, at her wedding reception on the grounds of Nankin Mills in 1941. Mrs. Covert is the daughter of Frank Davison, the Nankin Mills plant manager. She grew up in the tenant house (top photo) and lives in Ohio. Photo courtesy of Joyce Covert and Judith Dubois	Current view of Nankin Mills looking east. The addition was built in 1999 and houses Wayne County Parks offices, a meeting room and a portion of the Interpretative Center.

The mill looking north. Click to note windmill. The structure in right foreground was built by Ford in the mid-1930's. It was demolished when the mill addition was built in 1999.

The original portion of the mill can be seen in the background as can the generator room. The parking lot off of Hines Drive is to the right.

Photos donated by Evelyn Ward, niece of Nankin Mills Plant Manager Frank Davidson The three photos below were taken by Mrs. Ward's husband in 1939
The mill looking south from Ann Arbor Tr. Can anyone identify the make of car?	The mill looking north from what is now Hines Drive.	The miller's house.