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The contributing structure consists of the mill pond, dam, head race, and tail race. The Jervis Gordon Grist Mill consists of the original two-story structure that was built in 1882, with a shed addition that was erected in 1904, a rear enclosure covering the water wheel, and a machine shop addition that dates roughly to 1908. The mill includes ...
The primary buildings at this site were constructed by the Hess family in the 18th century, including a 1740s log farmhouse, a 1778 stone farmhouse, and a 1769 oil mill. Both houses served as church meeting houses for the local Mennonite community until 1856, when the first Hess Mennonite church building was constructed nearby. [ 2 ]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kulpsville has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km 2), all land. It is located on the Towamencin Creek, a tributary of the Skippack Creek . PA Route 63 runs through Kulpsville, where the Lansdale interchange of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( Interstate 476 ) with PA 63 is located.
Near and east of Bryn Mawr; also roughly bounded by the Schuylkill River, Mill Creek, and Righter's Mill, Rose Glen, and Monk's Roads 40°01′32″N 75°17′08″W / 40.025556°N 75.285556°W / 40.025556; -75.285556 ( Mill Creek Historic
The Newlin mill only served local and domestic needs and was known as a "country mill", rather than a "merchant mill" which would produce finer flour for urban and export markets. [11] [12] The Newlin family owned the mill until 1817, selling to William Trimble, Jr. Thomas Newlin, who died in 1811, had remarried after his wife's death.
Built in 1846, this historic structure is a three-story, frame building, measuring 40 by 30 feet (12.2 by 9.1 m), with a one-story frame office attached. It sits on a rubble stone foundation and has clapboard siding. The mill ceased operation between 1973 and 1974, but continues as a livestock feed mill. [2]
The Huffman Distillery and Chopping Mill is an historic complex of buildings which is located in Somerset Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was designated as an historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation , [ 2 ] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This complex consists of a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, stone banked mill with tin roof (1854), a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, stone Georgian-style manor house (1767), a large stone and frame barn with banked earth ramp (c. 1850), a one-story smokehouse with slate roof (c. 1767), a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stone summer kitchen (c. 1767), a clapboarded, frame privy (c. 1939), a storage shed (c. 1939), and the millraces ...