{"nrhp_refnum":"80003457","name":"Hunt, Roger, Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Race St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Downingtown","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.00839859200005,"lon":-75.71119259131046,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone grist mill with a one-story frame addition, part of a mill complex in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, with a main house, carriage house, tenant house and millers house. The mill is stated to have been constructed in 1759 by Roger Hunt.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill complex is the only surviving 18th century mill complex in the Downingtown valley and the only survivor from the era when many mills in the area gave the village its name Milltown. It was used as a reference point in Penn patents and road docket surveys in Chester and Lancaster Counties. Its proprietors were involved in community affairs, including Roger Hunt's service in the French and Indian War and in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, and Samuel Ringwalt's role in incorporating Downingtown Borough and in Civil War recruitment.","narrative":"Built in 1759 by Roger Hunt, this two-story stone grist mill in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, has a gambrel shingled roof and a one-story frame addition on its north side. It is the only surviving 18th century mill complex in the Downingtown valley, a remnant of the period when so many mills operated locally that the growing village was called Milltown. Primary documentation shows the mill continued as a grist mill into the twentieth century. Its walls were used as a reference point in Penn patents and road docket surveys in both Chester and Lancaster Counties. The complex also includes a main stone house with a stucco finish, a carriage house, a tenant house from about 1850, and a millers house. Roger Hunt served as a supplies coordinator during the French and Indian War and sat in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. Samuel Ringwalt, who bought the complex in 1846, helped lead the push to incorporate Downingtown Borough.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Roger Hunt (builder of the mill, as stated in the statement of significance)","architectural_style":"Gambrel roof (Swedish gambrel shingled roof; no formal style named)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The mill has deteriorated rapidly, with its stone chimney and frame addition lost; the millers house is in very poor condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.585252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003457.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003457/9ba200344c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003457/9ba200344c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ned Goode, HABS photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunt_Mill131993pu.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ned Goode, HABS photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunt_Mill131993pu.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995264","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hunt_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7358370"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/hunt-roger-mill-80003457/"}