This structure, like the mill, which is also Gird's work, shows excellent judgment and taste in design. Mr. Gird later married and their home became the center of all social events in Millville and Charleston. After the initial building and population boom, Millville settled down to become a relatively quite area until the earthquake of May 3, 1887. It leveled some adobe buildings and almost every building in the area had badly cracked walls. The water started coming into the mines about this time also and The Tombstone Mill and Mining Company's concentrating works were dismantled in May of 1886.
Today there are only a few adobe foundations left at the site.
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