The Merkel Mill Complex is an historic, American grist mill complex that is located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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| Location | Junction of Pennsylvania Routes 662 and 143 near Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°30′02″N 75°51′03″W / 40.50056°N 75.85083°W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| MPS | Gristmills in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001626[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1990 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis complex consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, stone banked mill with tin roof (1854), a 2+1⁄2-story, stone Georgian-style manor house (1767), a large stone and frame barn with banked earth ramp (c. 1850), a one-story smokehouse with slate roof (c. 1767), a 1+1⁄2-story stone summer kitchen (c. 1767), a clapboarded, frame privy (c. 1939), a storage shed (c. 1939), and the millraces, dam, and pond. The mill, which ceased operation circa 1939, was built as part of a working farm.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Louse Emery (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Merkel Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.