{"nrhp_refnum":"76001650","name":"Fenner-Snyder Mill","other_names":["Brinker's Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 29, N of Sciota","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sciota","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":40.935749679000025,"lon":-75.31357616199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brinker's Mill, a large two and one-half story uncoursed fieldstone grist mill built into a bank on McMichaels Creek in Sciota, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The present mill is believed to have been built in 1800 by Bernhard Fenner.","why_significant":"The mill is argued to be significant for its long period of continuous flour and feed milling from its construction until 1954, and for its size, as it is described as one of the largest mills in the area by volume of material processed. The nomination also points to its planned restoration and reuse as a museum as an early example of preserving a large-scale industrial structure in Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built in 1800 by Bernhard Fenner on McMichaels Creek near Sciota in Monroe County, this two and one-half story uncoursed fieldstone mill is built into a bank, so its land end appears lower than its creek end. A mill is believed to have existed on the site as early as 1729, and tax records show a log mill in production in 1772. The present building ran continuously as a flour and feed mill from its construction until mid-April 1954, a span of more than a century and a half, before it was overtaken by more efficient milling methods. It is regarded as one of the largest mills in the area, both in size and in the amount of material it processed. Horizontal board siding covers the creek end and windward side, added in the 19th century to address pointing problems. The original undershot wheel was replaced by a turbine in the late nineteenth century. Its significance lies in its long operation and its scale, and its planned conversion into a museum by the Township of Hamilton is notable as an early preservation effort for a large industrial building in the state.","period_of_significance":"1800-1954","architect_builder":"Bernhard Fenner (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Planned restoration to be carried out by the Township of Hamilton, with use as a museum afterward; original milling equipment largely removed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.621602-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001650.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001650/0664a74164-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001650/0664a74164-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fenner-Snyder_Mill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fenner-Snyder_Mill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998077","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenner%E2%80%93Snyder_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5443541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/fenner-snyder-mill-76001650/"}