Jump to content

Yoder Mill

Coordinates: 40°23′48″N 75°43′14″W / 40.39667°N 75.72056°W / 40.39667; -75.72056
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yoder Mill
Yoder Mill. August 2013.
Yoder Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Yoder Mill
Yoder Mill is located in the United States
Yoder Mill
LocationYoder Rd. at Oysterville Cr., Pike Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°23′48″N 75°43′14″W / 40.39667°N 75.72056°W / 40.39667; -75.72056
Area13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1796, c. 1885
Architectural styleGristmill
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001636[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

The Yoder Mill, also known as the Renninger Mill, is an historic, American grist mill that is located in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

[edit]

Built in 1796, this mill is a 2+12-story, frame building, which measures forty-one feet by fifty feet and sits on a stone basement. It was rebuilt in 1885 after a fire.

Also located on the property is a contributing, 2+12-story, stuccoed, stone miller's house (c. 1885), the headrace and a millpond. The merchant mill ceased operation during the 1940s.[2]

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

[edit]

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 Phoebe Hopkins (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Yoder Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.