Spring Mill Complex

Spring Mill Complex

Spring Mill, HABS Photo, 1958
Location Southwest of Devault at the junction of Moores Road and Pennsylvania Route 401, East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°3′9″N 75°33′53″W / 40.05250°N 75.56472°W / 40.05250; -75.56472Coordinates: 40°3′9″N 75°33′53″W / 40.05250°N 75.56472°W / 40.05250; -75.56472
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1793
NRHP Reference # 78002370[1]
Added to NRHP December 14, 1978

Spring Mill Complex, also known as the Michael Gunkle Spring Mill, is a historic grist mill complex located in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1793, and is a  2 1⁄2-story, banked stone structure with a gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing  2 1⁄2-story, stuccoed stone miller's house; a 1-story, stone spring house; a 1-story, stone smoke house; and a 1-story, stone carriage house. The mill remained in continuous operation into the 1940s.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[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 Doris M. Powell (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Inventory-Nomination: Spring Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-01.


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