{"nrhp_refnum":"77001179","name":"Coffeetown Grist Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 mi. S of Easton at Coffeetown and Kressman Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.61961383500005,"lon":-75.20532900199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Coffeetown Grist Mill is a banked stone grist mill in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, built of quarried limestone with a slate roof and measuring 36 by 50 feet. It is a two-story structure at the base of the bank, later converted for residential use.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the mill is one of the oldest structures in Williams Township, dating from before the Revolution, and a fine example of an 18th-century rural Pennsylvania grist mill. It also cites the building's durability and adaptability across several uses over more than two centuries.","narrative":"Built of quarried limestone under a slate roof, the Coffeetown Grist Mill sits against a bank in Williams Township near Easton, Pennsylvania. A datestone on the building reads \"I.R., 1762,\" with initials associated with Jacob Reich, a prominent local landowner before the Revolution. Originally 30 by 36 feet, the mill was enlarged in the 19th century by extending its walls and roof 14 feet to enclose a wooden water wheel. Its walls are two feet thick, and the stonework changes visibly at a seam on the east wall. The mill served as a water-powered grist mill, then a temporary schoolhouse, a post office and store, and a fertilizer factory. In the 1920s the milling machinery was removed and steel I-beams and reinforced concrete replaced some structural timbers. The building is regarded as a fine example of the rural gristmills that were common in 18th-century Pennsylvania. It was later adapted as a house, and the surrounding ground was filled in to the first loading door.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Now used as a private residence","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.941048-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001179/e91a941077-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001179/e91a941077-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffeetown_Grist_Mill_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffeetown_Grist_Mill_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeetown_Grist_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/coffeetown-grist-mill-77001179/"}