Weidner Mill

Weidner Mill
Location Blacksmith Road at Manatawny Creek, Amity Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°18′18″N 75°43′37″W / 40.30500°N 75.72694°W / 40.30500; -75.72694Coordinates: 40°18′18″N 75°43′37″W / 40.30500°N 75.72694°W / 40.30500; -75.72694
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1855
Architectural style Other, Gristmill
MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP Reference # 90001634[1]
Added to NRHP November 8, 1990

Weidner Mill is a historic grist mill complex located on Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the  2 1⁄2-story stone-and-brick banked mill (1855);  2 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone farmhouse (c. 1840);  1 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone, combined smokehouse and spring house (c. 1820);  2 1⁄2-story, stucco-over-stone tenant house (c. 1820); stucco-over-stone bank barn (c. 1850); and the millrace and dam. The mill ceased operation in the 1940s. The mill was built as part of a working farm.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Louse Emery (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weidner Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.


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