Long-Hawerter Mill
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Long-Hawerter Mill | |
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Long-Hawerter Mill, December 2012 | |
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| Location | Longsdale Road at Little Lehigh Creek, Longswamp Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°29′21″N 75°39′50″W / 40.48917°N 75.66389°WCoordinates: 40°29′21″N 75°39′50″W / 40.48917°N 75.66389°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800 |
| Architectural style | Other, Gristmill |
| MPS | Gristmills in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 90001623[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1990 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Louise Emery (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Long-Hawerter Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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