{"nrhp_refnum":"90001634","name":"Weidner Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Blacksmith Rd. at Manatawny Cr., Amity Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Earlville","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.30520158550007,"lon":-75.72661897687532,"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 former gristmill complex on Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, comprising a brick and stone mill built in 1855, a farmhouse, a tenant house, a smokehouse and spring house, a bank barn, and the dam and races that supplied water power.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its long association with milling in Berks County, with water power used at the site from the 1700s and a mill recorded there as early as 1744. It also argues the 1855 mill is a fine example of Victorian style mill architecture, with scalloped cornice trim, a cupola and painted name, within a group of farm buildings that relate to one another.","narrative":"Along Manatawny Creek in Amity Township, Berks County, the Weidner mill complex grew around a water power site that was in use by the 1740s, when a gristmill and sawmill on the property are mentioned in a will. The present brick and stone mill was built in 1855 after a fire destroyed an earlier structure, and was equipped with roller machinery for merchant milling. Its decorative features include scalloped bargeboard trim, an open cupola, and the words MANATAWNY ROLLER MILLS painted on the facade. A dam, races, and a turbine installed in the 1880s supplied power to the mill. The complex also includes a farmhouse, a tenant house, a combined smokehouse and spring house, and a bank barn, all built between about 1820 and 1850 and sharing stone construction. The mill operated until the 1940s, when milling ceased.","period_of_significance":"1820 to 1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Berks County Victorian style mill architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Milling ceased in the 1940s; the mill has been used to store plumbing equipment and the basement is frequently flooded.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.070751-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90001634.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001634/e5cc321c41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001634/e5cc321c41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WEIDNER_MILL,_AMITY_TWP,_BERKS_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WEIDNER_MILL,_AMITY_TWP,_BERKS_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992392","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weidner_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7979821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/weidner-mill-90001634/"}