Willow Mill Complex
Willow Mill Complex | |
Willow Mill. Shaw-Leedom House. October 2012. | |
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Location | 570, 559, and 569 Bustleton Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°11′58″N 75°0′38″W / 40.19944°N 75.01056°WCoordinates: 40°11′58″N 75°0′38″W / 40.19944°N 75.01056°W |
Area | 11.6 acres (4.7 ha) |
Built by | Shaw, Joseph; McKinney, Cornelius |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 02000476[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 2002 |
Willow Mill Complex is a complex of historic buildings located at Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the Shaw-Leedom House and spring house / smoke house and the Howard Sager House, wagon house, and grist mill. The Shaw-Leedom House was built about 1800, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof in the Federal style. It has a 1 1/2-story, two-bay stone wing believed to be the kitchen wing from an earlier house. The adjacent stone spring / smoke house was also built about 1800. The Willow Mill was built in the 1840s, and is a four-story stone building converted to residential use in 1938. The Sager House was built in 1847, and is a 2 1/2-story, three bay, ashlar stone building. It has a gable roof with dormers and shed roof "Dutch Stoop" kitchen wing. Associated with it is a two-story, frame wagon house dated to the 19th century.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
Gallery
- Former Grist Mill
- Sager House
- Spring House
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Diane Newbury and Ellen Friedman Schultz (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Willow Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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