Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill is an historic

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

which is located in Whitehall Township,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. The mill, which was built in 1807, is located along Jordan Creek. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1977. A boundary increase in 1999 added the Peter Grim House with NRHP reference number 99001288.

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a three-story,

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

mill, which is approximately thirty feet wide by fifty-eight feet deep. It has a

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

roof. Whitehall Township acquired the property by

eminent domain Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...

in 1963. ''Note:'' This includes and The building is owned and operated by the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society, which began restoring it in 1984. It was added to the

in 1977. A boundary increase in 1999 added the Peter Grim House with NRHP reference number 99001288.

References

External links

Whitehall Historical Preservation Society: Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill
{{Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Grinding mills in Pennsylvania Mill museums in Pennsylvania Museums in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1807 Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania