Long-Hawerter Mill

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Long-Hawerter Mill
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Long-Hawerter Mill, December 2012
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LocationLongsdale Road at Little Lehigh Creek, Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°29′21″N75°39′50″W / 40.48917°N 75.66389°W / 40.48917; -75.66389
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1800
MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No. 90001623 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

The Long-Hawerter Mill is an historic, American grist mill that is located on Little Lehigh Creek in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

History and architectural features

The mill was built circa 1800, and is a 1+12-story, banked, stone building measuring thirty-six feet, five inches wide by twenty-six feet, one-inch deep, with a slate roof. Attached to it is a one-story, frame cider mill and one-story, frame maple sugar house. Also located on the property are the watercourses, consisting of the headrace, pond, and dam. The mill operated into the 1950s. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Louse Emery (June 1990). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Long--Hawerter Mill. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)