Long-Hawerter Mill

Coordinates: 40°29′21″N 75°39′50″W / 40.48917°N 75.66389°W / 40.48917; -75.66389
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Long-Hawerter Mill
Long-Hawerter Mill, December 2012
Long-Hawerter Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Long-Hawerter Mill
Long-Hawerter Mill is located in the United States
Long-Hawerter Mill
LocationLongsdale Road at Little Lehigh Creek, Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°29′21″N 75°39′50″W / 40.48917°N 75.66389°W / 40.48917; -75.66389
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1800
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001623[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

The Long-Hawerter Mill is an historic, American grist mill that is located on Little Lehigh Creek in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features[edit]

The mill was built circa 1800, and is a 1+12-story, banked, stone building measuring thirty-six feet, five inches wide by twenty-six feet, one-inch deep, with a slate roof. Attached to it is a one-story, frame cider mill and one-story, frame maple sugar house. Also located on the property are the watercourses, consisting of the headrace, pond, and dam. The mill operated into the 1950s.[2]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Louise Emery (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Long-Hawerter Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.