El Molino Viejo, also known as The Old Mill, is a former grist mill in the San Rafael Hills of present-day San Marino, California, United States, and was built in 1816 by Father José María de Zalvidea from the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
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The hours of operation are very limited, but if you can manage to swing by on a Sunday afternoon, it's well worth it. The mill is small, and visiting won't take you more than 30 minutes, but the old architecture, secluded garden, and surrounding neighborhood are so charming and peaceful. Although the website says only the outside is accessible during Covid, when we arrived the mill interior was open, and a solitary docent invited us in. There was a small gallery with local artwork for sale, and some museum style placards with information about the mill. Overall a lovely pit stop on our...
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This place is beautiful. If you go make sure to meander around the garden. Then head inside and look up at the beams - some are original! And you can't miss the painting around the lowest part of the walls, near the floor, where modern day baseboards would be. These paintings are important symbols to our Native American culture. Building and garden of such serenity. I felt like I was stepping...
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A lovingly managed historic grist mill built in 1816 to support Mission San Gabriel, 2 miles to the southeast. The milling apparatus is no longer here, but the building houses a small, working model of the mill, historic documents and objects, and a changing collection of local art. The mill is surrounded by beautiful gardens. Open 1-4...
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