Mill Details

Kohl's Mill

Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1890
Township: Camru Twp.
Watersource: Wyomissing Creek.
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Kohl's Mill

Located in western Cumru Twp., southwest of Mohnton, just south of the junction of Wyomissing Rd and Vermont Rd. on the east side of the Wyomissing Creek on Wyomissing Road.

Verse for Thought
"My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,.."
({Isaiah 32:18 NKJV})
Kohl's Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 11/25/2005

Built in 1890 on the site of Amos Price's Saw Mill (1861-1862).

Kohl's Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 11/25/2005

Kohl's Mill, Having been restored as a residence.

Kohl's Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 11/25/2005

Conrad Kohl engaged in general gunsmithing and gun manufacturing, of which the Mohnton area and Wyomissing Creek had numerous mills dedicated to this purpose.

Kohl's Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 11/25/2005

A view of the deck built by the restorers or the current residents, making quite an attractive structure.

Kohl's Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 11/25/2005

The mill was also used by John Keim, a Reading hardware merchant who bought gun barrels from the local gunmakers along the Wyomissing Creek.

 
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