Bahr Mill Complex is a historic

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complex located in Colebrookdale Township,

Berks County, Pennsylvania Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware Ri ...

. The complex includes the 2-story, plus basement, banked stone mill (1897); 2 2/2-story,

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over stone farmhouse (c. 1820); 1-story, brick

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(c. 1820); banked frame

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with a stone foundation (c. 1820); 2-story, stucco over stone store (c. 1820); two sheds (c. 1890); a shoemaker's shop (c. 1890);

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(c. 1920); stone

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(rebuilt c. 1880); and frame garage (c. 1930). Also on the property are a contributing chicken house (c. 1850) and pig sty (c. 1890). It is a family-run mill complex, run by the Gable family for over 175 years. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1990.

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Bahr's Mill
- official site {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Grinding mills in Berks County, Pennsylvania Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Museums in Berks County, Pennsylvania Mill museums in Pennsylvania 1897 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania