Springfield Mill

Springfield Mill, also known as the Piper-Streeper Mill, is a historic gristmill located along the Wissahickon Creek in Erdenheim, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a building on the Bloomfield Farm tract,[2] now part of Morris Arboretum.

Springfield Mill
Springfield Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Springfield Mill
Springfield Mill is located in the United States
Springfield Mill
LocationNorthwestern Avenue, between Germantown and Stenton Avenues, Erdenheim, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°5′27″N 75°13′51″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1845, 1854
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.76001652[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1976

Springfield Mill is open to the public once a month for grinding demonstrations.

The mill was built in 1854, and is a 3+1⁄2-story, stone-and-frame mill building measuring 35 feet, 3 inches, by 40 feet, 8 inches. The mill was built on the foundations of an earlier mill built in 1761. Also on the property is the miller's house; a 2+1⁄2-story, four-bay building built about 1845 in the Greek Revival style.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

  • Miller's House.
    Miller's House.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Compton and Bloomfield" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bruce Forman (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Springfield Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.
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