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Bowmansville Roller Mill

Coordinates: 40°11′24″N 76°00′43″W / 40.19000°N 76.01194°W / 40.19000; -76.01194
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Bowmansville Roller Mill
Bowmansville Roller Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Bowmansville Roller Mill
Bowmansville Roller Mill is located in the United States
Bowmansville Roller Mill
LocationJct. of PA 625 and Von Nieda St., Bowmansville, Brecknock Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°11′24″N 76°00′43″W / 40.19000°N 76.01194°W / 40.19000; -76.01194
Area14.3 acres (5.8 ha)
Built1850
Built byVon Nieda, Henry; Von Nieda, John Adam
NRHP reference No.89001821[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1990

Bowmansville Roller Mill, also known as the Von Nieda Mill, is a historic roller mill and national historic district located at Bowmansville, Brecknock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses two contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The grist / roller mill was built in 1850, and is a 3 1/2-story, rectangular brownstone building measuring 45 feet by 50 feet, 5 inches. The property includes a two-story, brownstone and frame sawmill, and a headrace and tailrace. The mills closed about 1945.[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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012. Note: This includes Mary Wiley Myers (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bowmansville Roller Mill" (PDF). Retrieved February 9, 2012.