Pusey-Crozier Mill Historic District

Beside Chester Creek in Upland, Pennsylvania, the Pusey-Crozier Mill District covers 10.5 acres of the early Pusey Plantation and mill site. Caleb Pusey, sent from England in 1682 by the English Quakers, ran the first grist and sawmill here, with prefabricated parts brought across the Atlantic. The mill was later operated by partners including James Logan and Isaac Morris, and was rebuilt more than once after floods and other losses. John Price Crozer bought the mills in 1845 and built a cotton mill and workers' housing as the core of an industrial community of about 3,000 people. The district's buildings include the Pusey House, a stone schoolhouse dating from 1849 that was later converted into a double dwelling for mill hands, four small frame workers' houses, and the Pennock Log House, moved to the site from Springfield Township. The district is listed for its strong ties to colonial settlement and early industrial life in Pennsylvania.