The Old Mill, El Molino Viejo, was
designed by Father José María Zalvidea and built of fired
bricks and adobe about 1816 to serve Mission San Gabriel.
Another grist mill was built in 1823 near the mission and
the old mill was gradually abandoned - it passed from
mission control in 1846. The property remained in private
hands until 1903, when Henry E. Huntington bought the
building and used it for a golf clubhouse. Later owners, Mr.
and Mrs. James Brehm, had the mill restored in 1928 by
Frederick Rupple.
