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Bahr Mill Complex

Coordinates: 40°20′19″N 75°39′31″W / 40.33861°N 75.65861°W / 40.33861; -75.65861
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Bahr Mill Complex
Bahr Mill, July 2013
Bahr Mill Complex is located in Pennsylvania
Bahr Mill Complex
Bahr Mill Complex is located in the United States
Bahr Mill Complex
LocationIronstone Dr., Colebrookdale Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′19″N 75°39′31″W / 40.33861°N 75.65861°W / 40.33861; -75.65861
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1897
Architectural styleGristmill
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001611[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

Bahr Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes the 2-story, plus basement, banked stone mill (1897); 2 2/2-story, stucco over stone farmhouse (c. 1820); 1-story, brick smokehouse (c. 1820); banked frame sawmill with a stone foundation (c. 1820); 2-story, stucco over stone store (c. 1820); two sheds (c. 1890); a shoemaker's shop (c. 1890); outhouse (c. 1920); stone bank barn (rebuilt c. 1880); and frame garage (c. 1930). Also on the property are a contributing chicken house (c. 1850) and pig sty (c. 1890). It is a family-run mill complex, run by the Gable family for over 175 years.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-27. Note: This includes Louse Emery (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bahr Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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