{"nrhp_refnum":"90001632","name":"Stein Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 737 at Mill Cr., Greenwich Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kutztown","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.55299159400005,"lon":-75.80290968970777,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of two historic resources at Mill Creek where it crosses Route 737 in Greenwich Township, three miles north of Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania: a three-and-one-half-story stone gristmill and an adjoining stone house built in two sections.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is a good example of a mid-nineteenth-century merchant mill that was directly tied to the grain milling industry in Berks County. The house is presented as a stylish building reflecting the mill owner's prominent status, combining solid workmanship with Federal design qualities. The pairing of mill and house with similar construction and architecture is described as unusual in the county.","narrative":"Stein Mill is a three-and-one-half-story stone gristmill beside Mill Creek in Greenwich Township, north of Kutztown in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Adam Stein bought the site in 1857 and replaced an earlier mill with the present rectangular building, which he ran as a merchant mill producing flour and feed for the regional market until he sold it in 1899. The mill has large upper-floor storage areas, mill doors on both ends for loading grain, and post-and-beam framing with eight-sided posts. Beside it stands a stone house, built in two sections, with a Federal-style carved overmantle and original painted woodwork. The property is significant for its connection to the grain milling industry during the period when Berks County supplied the Philadelphia region, and for the architecture of the mill and house as a matched pair. Its listing rests on those industrial and architectural reasons.","period_of_significance":"c. 1816 - 1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The mill contains no milling equipment and is used as an antiques shop; the stone house is described as having a well-preserved interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.77225-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90001632.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001632/53f338374e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001632/53f338374e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stein_Mill,_Greenwich_PA.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:Stein_Mill,_Greenwich_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992388","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7606773"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/stein-mill-90001632/"}