Mill at Lobachsville

Mill at Lobachsville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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°WCoordinates: 40°24′43″N 75°43′51″W / 40.41194°N 75.73083°W
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. 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.