Mill at Lobachsville

Mill at Lobachsville

Mill at Lobachsville. August 2013.
Location Mill Rd. at Pine Creek, Pike Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°24′43″N 75°43′51″W / 40.41194°N 75.73083°W / 40.41194; -75.73083Coordinates: 40°24′43″N 75°43′51″W / 40.41194°N 75.73083°W / 40.41194; -75.73083
Area 31 acres (13 ha)
Built 1887
Architectural style Other, Gristmill
MPS Gristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP Reference # 90001624[1]
Added to NRHP November 8, 1990

Mill at Lobachsville is a historic grist mill complex located in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the three-story, stone-and-frame banked mill with corrugated steel gable roof (1887);  2 1⁄2-story, stone-and-frame farmhouse (c. 1745);  2 1⁄2-story, stone settler's cabin dated to the 18th century; one-story, frame summer kitchen; one-story, frame ice house; one-story, frame wagon shed; two-story, stone-and-frame barn (1814); one seat privy; 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]

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 and Stephen Kindig (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mill at Lobachsville" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.


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