Wednesday’s unveiling of artifacts recovered from a northeast Hall County historic mill site likely would have delighted the late William L. Norton Jr. After all, Healan’s Mill, which is undergoing restoration with the help of the county and a citizens committee, was one of his keenest interests. “Gainesville would not be the place it is today without Judge Norton,” said Garland Reynolds, a longtime Gainesville architect leading the mill effort. “He preserved so much, as people in their haste to develop and redevelop have torn down so many things.”