Brobst Mill | |
Brobst Mill. September 2013. | |
Location | Off Township 814 on Pine Creek, Albany Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°37′23″N75°53′50″W / 40.62306°N 75.89722°W Coordinates: 40°37′23″N75°53′50″W / 40.62306°N 75.89722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1780 |
Architectural style | Other, Gristmill |
MPS | Gristmills in Berks County MPS |
NRHP reference # | 90001613 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 8, 1990 |
Brobst Mill is a historic grist mill located in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1780, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone and log mill building. Also on the property is the wheel pit area of the raceway. It was built as part of a larger industrial complex known as Union Iron Works. The mill ceased operation in the 1960s. [2]
Albany Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,724 at the 2010 census. The township hall is located in Kempton.
Berks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 411,442. The county seat is Reading.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
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Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill, also known as Franklin Silk Mill and Leinhardt Brothers Furniture Warehouse, is a historic silk mill located at West York, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1899, and is a three-story, brick building on a rough cut stone foundation. It has a shallow gable roof, a three-story "L"-shaped tower, and a broad one-story ell. Also on the property is a small, flat roofed brick building built about 1925. The mill closed in 1937, then was used as a furniture warehouse into the 1980s.
Springfield Mill, also known as the Piper-Streeper Mill, is a historic gristmill located along the Wissahickon Creek in Erdenheim, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a building on the Bloomfield Farm tract, now part of Morris Arboretum.
Weidner Mill is a historic grist mill complex located on Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the 2 1⁄2-story stone-and-brick banked mill (1855); 2 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone farmhouse ; 1 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone, combined smokehouse and spring house ; 2 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone tenant house ; stucco-over-stone bank barn ; and the millrace and dam. The mill ceased operation in the 1940s. The mill was built as part of a working farm.
Rieser Mill is a historic grist mill and miller's house located in Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1825, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular stone banked building with a gable roof. The building replaced an earlier mill on the same site. The miller's house is a "T"-shaped, stone and brick dwelling. It was built in 1784, and enlarged in the late 1800s. The mill is located approximately 1/4-mile from the Rieser-Shoemaker Farm.
Spannuth Mill, also known as Crosskill Mill, is a historic grist mill located in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1891, and is a three-story, frame building on a stone foundation measuring 40 feet, 4 inches, by 42 feet, 9 inches, with a 50-foot extension. It has a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. Also on the property is a one-story brick building built about 1910. It once housed a boiler. The mill ceased operations in 1982.
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Mill at Lobachsville is a historic grist mill complex located in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the three-story, stone-and-frame banked mill with corrugated steel gable roof (1887); 2 1⁄2-story, stone-and-frame farmhouse ; 2 1⁄2-story, stone settler's cabin dated to the 18th century; one-story, frame summer kitchen; one-story, frame ice house; one-story, frame wagon shed; two-story, stone-and-frame barn (1814); one seat privy; stone-and-frame pig sty; and the millraces and pond. The mill ceased operation in 1965. The custom mill was built as part of a working farm.
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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 ; one-story smokehouse with slate roof ; 1 1⁄2-story stone summer kitchen ; clapboarded frame privy ; storage shed ; and the millraces, dam, and pond. The mill ceased operation about 1939. The mill was built as part of a working farm.
Moselem Farms Mill is a historic grist mill located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built about 1860, and is a 2 1/2-story, with basement, banked brick building on a stone foundation. It measures 45 feet, 4 inches, by 50 feet. The merchant mill was built as part of an iron furnace complex.
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