Rieser Mill

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Rieser Mill
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LocationJunction of Grange and Cross Keys Roads, Bern Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°25′55″N75°58′37″W / 40.43194°N 75.97694°W / 40.43194; -75.97694 Coordinates: 40°25′55″N75°58′37″W / 40.43194°N 75.97694°W / 40.43194; -75.97694
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1784, 1825
Architectural styleGristmill
MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No. 90001628 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

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. [2] The mill is located approximately 1/4-mile from the Rieser-Shoemaker Farm.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rieser Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.