Burrough Mill/Cologne Mill
Bucks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Newtown Creek
Burrough Mill/Cologne Mill
Located at 10 Barclay Street, Newtown Borough, Bucks County. Actually at the SW edge of the Boro.
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Now remodeled into apartments. The 3.5 story fieldstone mill was water-powered and later steam- powered. The mill was powered by Newtown Creek about one mile upstream from its joining with Neshaminy Creek.
An early photo of the Cologne Mill by the Arnold Bros., Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa. about the turn of the 20th century.
Another name for the 40'X 60' fieldstone edifice was "The Old Cologne Mill".
*UPDATE--April 13,1912 Newtown Enterprise. The Cologne Mill property was sold to Pierson Wilson, then to William R. Stuckert. Built in 1831 by Chapman Buckman on a site that had a mill long before. Reservations for water rights are on deeds that go back a least a hundred years for lots between the mill and the dam.
Update cont'd: In 1835, Mr Buckman built a large stone house at State and Barclay Sts., now the residence of Dr. Guerry. The mill's name dates from the ownership of Frederick Ellenger, who named it for the town he emigrated from, Cologne, Germany. Jeff Marshall 03/12/04*