Merkel Mill Complex
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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 |
The Merkel Mill Complex is an historic, American grist mill complex that is located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
History and architectural features[edit]
This 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.
- Grinding mills in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- 1767 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1767
- Industrial buildings completed in 1854
- Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania