Preserve the Area's Rural Qualities

Our Purpose

To preserve and protect the rural quality of life in the area; to serve as an information pool for the community; to support concerns such as recycling, historical site preservation, water and air quality, and to encourage community awareness and participation.

READYVILLE MILL

PARQ supports efforts
to preserve the Readyville Mill.
This mill is the last mill
on the Stones River.
The mill and eatery are open to visitors
Saturdays 8AM to 1 PM.
For more information please go to
www.readyvillemill.com
or call
615-563-MILL

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

CEMETERY SITES

People are interested in their
family history. PARQ has
prepared a list of the county's
cemeteries. It is part of the
Cannon County map and
the locations are marked. 

PARQ MEETINGS

Meetings are held quarterly at 
various members homes in the Readyville area.
All are welcome!

The Readyville Mill is the sole vestige of what was once a flourishing industry on the Stones River in Middle Tennessee. Dating from the 1870s, the current Readyville Mill is a three-story building with an open fourth-story attic. In the early 1900s, the mill supplied the area with electricity, making Readyville one of the first rural villages in Tennessee to possess electric lights.  Other products included ice, corn meal, refined flour, whole wheat flour, buckwheat flour, and lumber.  The mill was in continous operation until the early 1980s.  Since that time it has been abandoned and neglected.  In 1992 and 1993 PARQ volunteers of all ages winterized and cleaned the Readyville Mill. The mill site consists of 3.9 acres on the East Fork of the Stones River. The mill is 1.5 miles from scenic Highway 70S 12 miles east of Murfreesboro.



Thanks to community efforts, the Center of Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University has prepared and donated a preservation plan for the mill.  Acting on the advice of Dr. Huhta, PARQ contacted Mike Gavin, a professional historic preservationist.  Mr. Gavin believes that the Readyville Mill is "in peril" due to its deteriorating foundation.  The possibility of the loss of another historic treasure like the collapse of Brown's Mill is all too real.  This area is fortunate to have a resource which reminds us of our heritage and shows great potential to become a vital part of the community in the future--hopefully it can be saved.

For more information, call 563-2760.