Architectural style Other, Gristmill Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 8 November 1990 | NRHP Reference # 90001626 Year built 1854 | |
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Location Junction of Pennsylvania Routes 662 and 143 near Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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