Merkel Mill Complex

Merkel Mill Complex
Merkel Mill Complex is located in Pennsylvania
Merkel Mill Complex
Location within Pennsylvania
Merkel Mill Complex is located in the United States
Merkel Mill Complex
Location within the United States
LocationJunction of Pennsylvania Routes 662 and 143 near Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°30′02″N 75°51′03″W / 40.50056°N 75.85083°W / 40.50056; -75.85083
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1854
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001626[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

The Merkel Mill Complex is an historic grist mill complex in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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

History and architectural features

This complex consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, stone banked mill with tin roof (1854), a 2+1⁄2-story, stone Georgian-style manor house (1767), a large stone and frame barn with banked earth ramp (c. 1850), a one-story smokehouse with slate roof (c. 1767), a 1+1⁄2-story stone summer kitchen (c. 1767), a clapboarded, frame privy (c. 1939), a storage shed (c. 1939), and the millraces, dam, and pond. The mill, which ceased operation circa 1939, was built as part of a working farm.[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 Merkel Mill Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
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