The Old Mill Restaurant was restaurant in an 1870s former mill building located in the Downtown Historic District of Acworth, Georgia, U.S.HistoryThe Old Mill Restaurant is located in Historic Downtown Acworth. John Cowan originally built this building around 1870 after he struck gold in the Missouri River which is significant because before the gold search he told his partners it was their last chance. John Cowan went west in the late 1850s to seek fortune in Montana’s Black Hills. The “Last Chance Gulch” was one of the largest gold discoveries in the history of the United States. He returned home and built “The Mill” which was originally for manufacturing flour called “Lynette Flour”. John Cowan, Frank Cowan, Bill Palmer and Henry Rusk became known as “The Four Georgians”.The Mill mysteriously burnt down in 1992 and left nothing but scrub trees and vines’ covering the building and was rebuilt into the restaurant. This restaurant is important to the City of Acworth because it has been there since the 1800s. It is one of the few buildings that have actually been in Acworth for that many years they created a restaurant where people could appreciate the historical background that took place. John Cowan returned to Acworth a very wealthy man and became a much respected businessman in the community of Acworth.
