Merkel Mill Complex
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| Location | Junction of Pennsylvania Routes 662 and 143 near Moselem Springs, Richmond Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Other, Gristmill |
| MPS | Gristmills in Berks County MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 90001626[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1990 |
Merkel Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the 2 1⁄2-story, stone banked mill with tin roof (1854); 2 1⁄2-story, stone Georgian-style manor house (1767); large stone and frame barn with banked earth ramp (c. 1850); one-story smokehouse with slate roof (c. 1767); 1 1⁄2-story stone summer kitchen (c. 1767); clapboarded frame privy (c. 1939); storage shed (c. 1939); and the millraces, dam, and pond. The mill ceased operation about 1939. The mill was built as part of a working farm.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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- Grinding mills in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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