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evidence: Droescher 's Mill is located in Cranford , Union County , New Jersey , United States .. Cranford. Cranford, New Jersey. Union County. Union County, New Jersey. New Jersey. New Jersey. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8 , 1974 .. National Register of Historic Places. National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest continuously operated commercial building in New Jersey .. New Jersey. New Jersey. Also known as the Williams-Droescher Mill , Droescher 's Mill is the last remaining mill on the Rahway River .. Rahway River. Rahway River. It was constructed in 1737 by Benjamin Williams as a saw mill alongside a dam .. Williams used the flow of the river to turn an undershot water wheel to power his saws .. Lumber cut here went into the construction of the first houses built in the area .. Shortly before his death in 1779 , Williams erected a second building only a few feet from his sawmill for the manufacture of woolens .. In 1902 , Severin R. Droescher bought the mill and renovated it into the structure as seen today .. S.R. Droescher used it to run the Cranford Oil Stone Works where whetstones and oilstones were made .. Cranford. Cranford, New Jersey. whetstones. Sharpening stone. oilstones. oilstones. Lincoln Ave East and Lincoln Ave West , the road that passes through Cranford and on which the mill sits , was originally part of the Naraticong Trail , a route to the sea of the Unami tribe of the Lenape people .. Cranford. Cranford, New Jersey. Lenape. Lenape. Lincoln Avenue was known as the Old York Road by the 1700s , a colonial road from Elizabeth to Philadelphia .. Old York Road. Old York Road. Elizabeth. Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Aside from the Naraticong Trail , the Great Minisink Trail also passed through Cranford as a traditional Lenape route to collect marine foods at the shore .. Cranford. Cranford, New Jersey. Lenape. Lenape. Minisink. Minisink