Pleasant Valley Roller Mill, Gruber Road, Bernville, Berks County, PA
Summary
Significance: This handsome masonry building, minus its 1946 frame addition, is highly typical of canal-related mils in the region. Although it clearly reflects its proximity to the Union Canal, it occupied the site long before the Union finally opened in 1827.
Survey number: HAER PA-59
Building/structure dates: ca. 1741 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1839 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1978 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
White Rose Brand Flour
Bingham, James
Hiester, Gabriel
Kerscher, William
Reber, John
Miller, Jonathan B
Richardson, Frank S
Fry, Edward
Bechtel, Edwin
Weidenhamer, Gordon J
United States Army Corp of Engineers, photographer
Guss, Brian H, historian
Hawley, Monica E, historian
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html