Mill at Lobachsville

Mill at Lobachsville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mill at Lobachsville. August 2013.
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Location	Mill Rd. at Pine Creek, Pike Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°24′43″N75°43′51″W / 40.41194°N 75.73083°W / 40.41194; -75.73083
Area	31 acres (13 ha)
Built	1887
MPS	Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.	90001624 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 8, 1990

The Mill at Lobachsville is an historic, American grist mill complex that is located in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

This historic complex consists of a three-story, stone-and-frame, banked mill with corrugated steel gable roof (1887), a 2+1⁄2-story, stone-and-frame, farmhouse (c. 1745), a 2+1⁄2-story, stone settler's cabin that dates to the eighteenth century, a one-story, frame, summer kitchen, a one-story, frame, ice house, a one-story, frame, wagon shed, a two-story, stone-and-frame barn (1814), a one seat privy, a 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. ^[2]

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

References

1. "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Louse Emery and Stephen Kindig (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mill at Lobachsville" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2012.