Mill at Lobachsville

Mill at Lobachsville
Mill at Lobachsville. August 2013.
Mill at Lobachsville is located in Pennsylvania
Mill at Lobachsville
Location within Pennsylvania
Mill at Lobachsville is located in the United States
Mill at Lobachsville
Location within the United States
LocationMill Rd. at Pine Creek, Pike Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°24′43″N 75°43′51″W / 40.41194°N 75.73083°W / 40.41194; -75.73083
Area31 acres (13 ha)
Built1887
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001624[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1990

The Mill at Lobachsville is an historic grist mill complex in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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]

References

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