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Real-photo postcard shows a mill site alongside Conesus Creek where Emme Light rebuilt after a fire had destroyed an earlier one named "Glen Avon." He retained that name, and became well known for his trademarked varieties of flour: Peerless, Sweet…

Beginning in the late 18th century, Conesus Creek and other waterways near Avon provided mechanical power for a variety of milling functions. This map shows the approximate locations of nine known mills in that area.

This detail from a 1902 maps shows the Littleville area on Conesus Creek, near the village of Avon NY

Since the 1960s, the former Light Bros. then Glen Avon Mills has been a family residence