The Willow Mill Complex is a complex of historic buildings that is located in Richboro, Northampton Township,

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. It was added to the

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in 2002.

History and architectural features

This complex consists of the Shaw-Leedom House and

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smoke house A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

and the Howard Sager House, wagon house, and

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 ...

. The Shaw-Leedom House was built circa 1800, and is a -story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof that was designed in the

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style. It has a -story, two-bay stone wing believed to be the kitchen wing from an earlier house. The adjacent stone spring/smoke house was also built circa 1800. The Willow Mill was built during the 1840s, and is a four-story stone building that was converted to residential use in 1938. The Sager House was built in 1847, and is a -story, three-bay,

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stone building. It has a gable roof with dormers and shed roof "Dutch Stoop" kitchen wing. Associated with it is a two-story, frame wagon house that dates to the nineteenth century. ''Note:'' This includes This complex was added to the

in 2002.

Gallery

File:Willow Mill, Richboro 03.JPG, Former Grist Mill File:Willow Mill Sager House.JPG, Sager House File:Willow Mill Spring House.JPG, Spring House

References

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