Springfield Mill

Springfield Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Northwestern Avenue, between Germantown and Stenton Avenues, Erdenheim, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°5′27″N 75°13′51″W / 40.09083°N 75.23083°W / 40.09083; -75.23083Coordinates: 40°5′27″N 75°13′51″W / 40.09083°N 75.23083°W / 40.09083; -75.23083
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1845, 1854
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	76001652^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 13, 1976

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,^[2] now part of Morris Arboretum.

Springfield Mill is open to the public once a month for grinding demonstrations.

The mill was built in 1854, and is a 3 ¹⁄₂-story, stone-and-frame mill building measuring 35 feet, 3 inches, by 40 feet, 8 inches. The mill was built on the foundations of an earlier mill built in 1761. Also on the property is the miller's house; a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, four-bay building built about 1845 in the Greek Revival style.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

Miller's House.

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 George E. Thomas (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Compton and Bloomfield" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bruce Forman (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Springfield Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.

External links

Springfield Mills at Morris Arboretum

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Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Founded 1681

Communities	Oreland Erdenheim Flourtown Lafayette Hill Fort Washington Laverock North Hills Glenside Wyndmoor

Education	Springfield Township School District Springfield Township High School La Salle College High School Mount Saint Joseph Academy

Infrastructure	Flourtown Fire Company

Regional Rail Stations	Oreland North Hills

Landmarks	Springfield Mill Stotesbury Club House John Welsh House Yeakle and Miller Houses Carson College for Orphan Girls Whitemarsh Hall Black Horse Inn

See Also	The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential

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