Merkel Mill Complex

Merkel Mill Complex
Location Junction of Pennsylvania Routes 662 and 143 near Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°30′02″N 75°51′03″W / 40.50056°N 75.85083°W / 40.50056; -75.85083Coordinates: 40°30′02″N 75°51′03″W / 40.50056°N 75.85083°W / 40.50056; -75.85083
Area 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built 1854
Architectural style Other, Gristmill
MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP Reference # 90001626[1]
Added to NRHP November 8, 1990

Merkel Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the  2 1⁄2-story, stone banked mill with tin roof (1854);  2 1⁄2-story, stone Georgian-style manor house (1767); large stone and frame barn with banked earth ramp (c. 1850); one-story smokehouse with slate roof (c. 1767);  1 1⁄2-story stone summer kitchen (c. 1767); clapboarded frame privy (c. 1939); storage shed (c. 1939); and the millraces, dam, and pond. The mill ceased operation about 1939. The mill was built as part of a working farm.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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.


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