Donegal Mills Plantation

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Donegal Mills Plantation
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The mill in February, 2012
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LocationTrout Run Rd., East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°5′6″N76°32′26″W / 40.08500°N 76.54056°W / 40.08500; -76.54056 Coordinates: 40°5′6″N76°32′26″W / 40.08500°N 76.54056°W / 40.08500; -76.54056
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Builtc. 1775, c. 1790, c. 1810, and 1830
NRHP reference No. 78002418 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1978

Donegal Mills Plantation is a historic grist mill complex located at East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the mill, mansion, miller's house, and bake house. The mill was built in 1775, and is a three-story building. The original section of mansion was built before 1790, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. The mansion was expanded about 1820, with a frame kitchen wing, and about 1830, with a stone two-story addition. It features a full-length, two-story, porch supported by five brick and stucco columns. The miller's house was originally built about, and is a 3+12-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. It was expanded to its present size about 1830. The bake house is a two-story, gable roofed frame building. [2] The property was auctioned in May 2010. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

The Mansion house Donegal Mills on Trout Run PA 2.JPG
The Mansion house

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Arthur C. Lord and Susan M. Zacher (April 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Donegal Mills Plantation" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  3. "Donegal Mills Plantation auction Saturday," Intelligencer Journal: Lancaster New Era, Jenna Eberole, May 14, 2010 Archived December 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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