The Hunter's Mill Complex, also known as Rush's Mill, is an historic grist mill complex which is located on a rise above Perkiomen Creek in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

History and architectural features

The complex consists of a three-story mill that built roughly between 1792 and 1793, a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay,

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-style, stone dwelling that was built in 1794, a mid-nineteenth century, stone and frame, Pennsylvania

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, two one-and-one-half-story stone summer kitchens, and a late eighteenth-century stone walled garden. The mill measures forty-five feet by thirty-six feet. The house has a

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floor plan and measures forty-five feet by forty-five feet. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Gallery

Hunter's Mill Barn.jpg, Barn from Forgedale Road HUNTERS MILL COMPLEX, BERKS COUNTY.jpg, Front of barn HUNTER'S MILL COMPLEX, BERKS CTY.jpg, Mill

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Grinding mills in Berks County, Pennsylvania Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1794 Houses in Berks County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania 1794 establishments in Pennsylvania