Ironmaster Michael Ege harnessed the local resources of waterpower, limestone, and iron ore to create several iron furnaces in the immediate region, including the Pine Grove furnace. His house on Bucher (the name of a later ironmaster) Hill Road stands just east of the gristmill. It is a classic late Georgian house with generous detail to which was attached an oversized classical portico on the west facade, perhaps after Thomas U. Walter made a similar improvement to Andalusia (BU2).