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Weidner Mill

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Architectural style
  
Other, Gristmill

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
8 November 1990

NRHP Reference #
  
90001634

Year built
  
1855

Weidner Mill httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Blacksmith Road at Manatawny Creek, Amity Township, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Gristmills in Berks County MPS

Weidner Mill is a historic grist mill complex located on Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the 2 12-story stone-and-brick banked mill (1855); 2 12-story, stucco-over-stone farmhouse (c. 1840); 1 12-story, stucco-over-stone, combined smokehouse and spring house (c. 1820); 2 12-story, stucco-over-stone tenant house (c. 1820); stucco-over-stone bank barn (c. 1850); and the millrace and dam. The mill ceased operation in the 1940s. The mill was built as part of a working farm.

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

References

Weidner Mill Wikipedia