Mascot Roller Mills

Mascot Roller Mills

The mill in 2012
Location Newport and Stumptown Rds., Mascot, Upper Leacock Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°3′46″N 76°9′26″W / 40.06278°N 76.15722°W / 40.06278; -76.15722Coordinates: 40°3′46″N 76°9′26″W / 40.06278°N 76.15722°W / 40.06278; -76.15722
Area less than one acre
Built 1737
NRHP Reference # 83002255[1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1983

Mascot Roller Mills, also known as Ressler's Mill, is a historic grist mill complex located at Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the mill, miller's house, summer kitchen, and frame barn. The original section of the mill was built in 1737. The machinery was installed in 1906. It is a three-story, "L"-shaped stone building with a gable roof and cupola. The house was built in 1855, and is a two story, gable roofed brick banked building. The summer kitchen is adjacent to the house is a one-story, brick structure. The small frame barn dates to the late-19th century. It is the oldest continuously operating grist mill in Lancaster County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Barn with painted hex signs.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (November 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mascot Roller Mills" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.


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