Richmond Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,397 at the 2010 census.
H.O. Andrews Feed Mill, also known as Mapleton Farm and Garden, is a historic feed mill located at Mapleton in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1914, and is a 3 1/2-story frame building, measuring 40 feet by 35 feet. It sits on a concrete block foundation and has clapboard siding. Attached to the mill is a two-story frame addition, a coal and lumber storage shed, and one-story frame addition.
Huntingdon Furnace is a national historic district and historic iron furnace and associated buildings located at Franklin Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of seven contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the iron furnace, office building, the ironmaster's mansion, log worker's house, a residence, the farm manager's residence, the grist mill and the miller's house. The iron furnace was moved to this site in 1805, from its original site one mile upstream. It measures 30 feet square by 30 feet high. The ironmaster's mansion was built in 1851, and is a 2 1/2-story, "L"-shaped frame dwelling. The grist mill dates to 1808, and is a 3 1/2-story, rubble stone building measuring 50 feet by 45 feet. The furnace was in operation from 1796, until it ceased operations in the 1880s.
Henry and Elizabeth Berkheimer Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Washington Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It includes the farmhouse (1817), Sweitzer barn (1847), summer kitchen, and wagon shed. Also on the property are a woodshed, hog barn, poultry house, and seed house, all built about 1920; a metal windmill dated to 1909; and the site of an early 19th-century woolen mill and millrace. The farmhouse is a banked 2 1/2-story Pennsylvania German vernacular dwelling built of rough cut brownstone. It measures 48 feet wide by 23 feet deep.
Searight's Fulling Mill is a historic fulling mill located at Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was built about 1810 and is a 2 1/2-story, sandstone building with a gable roof. It measures approximately 20 by 30 feet. The mill closed in the 1820s and was converted to a dwelling.
Bowmansville Roller Mill, also known as the Von Nieda Mill, is a historic roller mill and national historic district located at Bowmansville, Brecknock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses two contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The grist / roller mill was built in 1850, and is a 3 1/2-story, rectangular brownstone building measuring 45 feet by 50 feet, 5 inches. The property includes a two-story, brownstone and frame sawmill, and a headrace and tailrace. The mills closed about 1945.
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.
John Brown Tannery Site, 17620 John Brown Rd., Guys Mills, PA 16327, is a historic archaeological site located at Richmond Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The tannery was built in 1825 by famed abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859), who lived on the site from 1825 to 1835. It was a major stop on the Underground Railway; Brown helped some 2,500 slaves during this period. The site includes the ruins of the tannery, a one-story, rectangular structure measuring 55 feet by 22 feet. There was a hidden room for the fugitive slaves. A fire destroyed the building in 1907. It is open to the public as the John Brown Farm, Tannery & Museum.
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.
Nicholas Johnson Mill, also known as Schollenberger Mill, is a historic grist mill located in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1861, and is a 2 1⁄2-story, plus basement, brick building on a stone foundation. It measures 36 feet by 40 feet and is three bays wide and four bays deep. Also on the property are a 2 1⁄2-story, brick farmhouse built in 1838; a Switzer bank barn built about 1850; stone and log tenant house from the early 1800s; and some elements of the water power system.
Snyder Mill is a historic grist mill located on Monocacy Creek in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built about 1780, and is a 1 1/2-story, banked stone building. It measures 26 feet by 50 feet, with a frame addition of 20 feet, 3 inches, by 25 feet 10 inches. It retains a wooden water wheel. The mill ceased operations in 1930.
Kutz Mill is a historic grist mill complex located on Sacony Creek in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the Kutz's Mill Bridge. The complex includes the 1 1/2-story, stone mill ; brick farmhouse (1855); 1 1/2-story, stone summer kitchen; stone and frame Pennsylvania German bank barn; and three frame outbuildings. The mill is representative of a country custom mill and built as part of a working farm.
Stein Mill is a historic grist mill located in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1857, and is a 3 1/2-story banked stone building measuring 37 feet, 4 inches, wide by 45 feet, 9 inches, deep. Also on the property is the miller's house; a stone dwelling with the oldest section dated to about 1816. It operated as a merchant mill until 1899.
Long-Hawerter Mill is a historic grist mill located on Little Lehigh Creek in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built about 1800, and is a 1 1/2-story banked stone building measuring 36 feet, 5 inches, wide by 26 feet, 1 inch, deep, with a slate roof. Attached to it is a one-story, frame cider mill and one-story, frame maple sugar house. Also on the property are the watercourses, consisting of the headrace, pond, and dam. The mill operated into the 1950s.
Guldin Mill, also known as Lauer's Mill, is a historic grist mill and national historic district located in Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses one contributing building and one contributing site. The combined house and mill was built in two sections. The house was built in 1781 and the mill in 1822. It is a 2 1/2-story, stone building measuring 42 feet by 80 feet. Also on the property are the watercourses, consisting of the headrace, two ponds, and tail race. The mill operated into the 1950s. Local children believed this to be a nudist colony. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Yoder Mill, also known as Renninger Mill, is a historic grist mill located in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1796, and is a 2 1⁄2-story, frame building measuring 41 feet by 50 feet. It sits on a stone basement. It was rebuilt in 1885 after a fire. Also on the property is a contributing 2 1⁄2-story, stuccoed stone miller's house the headrace and millpond. The merchant mill ceased operation in the 1940s.
Thompson Mill is a historic grist mill located on Seidel Creek in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built about 1816, and is a 1 1/2-story, with basement, stone and frame building with frame extension. The adjacent farmhouse was built about 1850, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stone dwelling. Also on the property is a contributing stone bakeoven and the millraces, pond, and dam. The mill ceased operation in 1950. The mill was built as part of a working farm.
Kauffman Mill, also known as Spengler Mill, is a historic grist mill located in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The combined mill and house building was built about 1780, and is a 1 1/2-story, with basement, stone and half-timbered frame building. It measures 28 feet, 6 inches, by 38 feet. The mill ceased operation in about 1939. The custom mill was built to serve local farms.
Borneman Mill, also known as Stauffer Mill, is a historic "farm mill" located in Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built to perform farm chores with water power. The mill was built before 1860, and is a two-story, with basement, post-and-beam building with vertical siding. It measures 21 feet, 6 inches, by 24 feet, 6 inches. The mill powered operations in the nearby stone bank barn by use of a cable drive system. Also on the property are a contributing farmhouse and smokehouse.
Hockley Mill Farm, also known as Mt. Pleasant Mills and Frank Knauer Mill, is a historic home and grist mill located in Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The farm has three contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the miller's house, 1 1⁄2-story stone-and-frame grist mill (1805), stone-and-frame bank barn, and the head and tail races. The house is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay, banked fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. The foundation in the western section was built about 1725 to support a log dwelling. It was expanded with the present eastern section in 1735, and the log section replaced about 1780. A two-story, two-bay annex was built in 1935–40, and expanded in 1965. A shed-roofed addition was built to the north in 1990.
