This largely wooded tract of approximately seven acres straddles Bobbin Mill Creek with relatively steep slopes on both sides. A dwelling house at 201 Rocky Ford Road stands today on the foundation of the Old Bobbin Mill, and several mill stones remain in the yard. Other archeological remains include two large iron spikes among the dam ruins. Beside the stone bridge at the intersection of Milledge Circle and Westlake Drive, the current property owner has set aside a triangular section of land as a small park. Post World War II residences currently occupy the area.

The Bobbin Mill Works, an industrial enterprise of regional significance in its time, flourished during the late 19th century. Housed in a frame structure that remained standing into the 1920s, although operations had ceased about the turn of the century, the mill produced bobbins, wagon spokes, pins, skewers, spools, and quills for customers as far away as New Jersey. Dogwood trees by the tens of thousands supplied the hard, dense wood for the bobbins and other products. Much of the area surrounding the creek was cleared for cotton fields and later converted to golf course fairways when residential development began in the 1920s. When Judge Fortson deeded the mill site to the Bobbin Mill Garden Club in 1947, the club began planting the hundreds of dogwoods seen today along the creekbanks and Westlake Drive. More recently the garden club has created the triangular park and established the Bobbin Mill Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary.

The Bobbin Mill Works site is locally designated as a Historic Landmark (March 6, 1990).