Mill Details
Camp Mensch Mill
Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1822
Township: Hereford Twp.
Watersource: West Branch Perkiomen Creek.
Watersource: West Branch Perkiomen Creek.
Official Website: www.philadelphiabuildings.org
Location / Directions
Camp Mensch Mill
From Pa 100, turn north on Huffs Church Road/Sr 1022 for 6 miles. Turn left at Huffs Church on Forge Dale Road/Sr 1047 and go about 1.2 miles and turn right on Camp Mensch Mill Road/Twp Rd 833, go 0.3 miles to the mill at NW. Br. Perkiomen Cr.
Verse for Thought
"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever."
({Psalm 30:11&12 NKJV})
The 40'X 60' mill is a mixture of brown sandstone and limestone in a magnificent structure rising to 3.5 stories. Situated on a present day church camp, the mill was built in 1822 by Adam & Catherine Mensch.
The 1734-68 Maybury-Hereford Furnace site is directly across the road that runs behind the mill. One of the first cookstoves in America was made here in 1767. There is a replica in granite of the cookstove on a slope near the creek.
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