Kuster Mill

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Kuster Mill
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Kuster Mill. April 2011.
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LocationOn Skippack Creek at Mill Road and Water Street Road, Collegeville, Skippack Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°11′17″N75°24′33″W / 40.18806°N 75.40917°W / 40.18806; -75.40917
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1702
NRHP reference No. 71000711 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1971

Kuster Mill, also known as Custer's Fulling Mill and Skippack Creek Farm, is an historic, American fulling mill that is located in Evansburg State Park on Skippack Creek at Collegeville, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]

History and architectural features

The complex includes three contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the original mill, mill race, a stone house, and a Dutch bank barn. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-05-18.Note: This includes Joseph J. Peters (January 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kuster Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-16.