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Weidner Mill

Coordinates: 40°18′18″N 75°43′37″W / 40.30500°N 75.72694°W / 40.30500; -75.72694
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Weidner Mill
Weidner Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Weidner Mill
Weidner Mill is located in the United States
Weidner Mill
LocationBlacksmith Road at Manatawny Creek, Amity Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°18′18″N 75°43′37″W / 40.30500°N 75.72694°W / 40.30500; -75.72694
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1855
MPSGristmills in Berks County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001634[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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+12-story stone-and-brick banked mill (1855); 2+12-story, stucco-over-stone farmhouse (c. 1840); 1+12-story, stucco-over-stone, combined smokehouse and spring house (c. 1820); 2+12-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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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.