Willow Mill Complex
Willow Mill Complex | |
Location | 570, 559, and 569 Bustleton Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°11′58″N 75°0′38″W / 40.19944°N 75.01056°W |
Area | 11.6 acres (4.7 ha) |
Built by | Shaw, Joseph; McKinney, Cornelius |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 02000476[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 2002 |
The Willow Mill Complex is a complex of historic buildings that is located in Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]This complex consists of the Shaw-Leedom House and spring house/smoke house and the Howard Sager House, wagon house, and grist mill.
The Shaw-Leedom House was built circa 1800, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof that was designed in the Federal style. It has a 1+1⁄2-story, two-bay stone wing believed to be the kitchen wing from an earlier house. The adjacent stone spring/smoke house was also built circa 1800. The Willow Mill was built during the 1840s, and is a four-story stone building that was converted to residential use in 1938.
The Sager House was built in 1847, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, ashlar stone building. It has a gable roof with dormers and shed roof "Dutch Stoop" kitchen wing. Associated with it is a two-story, frame wagon house that dates to the nineteenth century.[2]
This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
Gallery
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Former Grist Mill
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Sager House
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Spring House
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 Diane Newbury and Ellen Friedman Schultz (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Willow Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1800
- Houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Grinding mills in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania