Due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are currently closed until further notice.

The Frederick Graue House is always available for event rentals. After you have read all pertinent information under the "Graue House" heading, please email CBuczkowski@grauemill.org to check available dates.

One summer morning in 1852, Fred Graue entered his mill and turned the wheel that opened the sluice gates outside. Water from Salt Creek rushed into the millrace and the wooden waterwheel began to turn for the first time. It would turn the machinery that would grind grain for the next seventy years.

Today, Graue Mill is the only operating waterwheel gristmill in the Chicago area.