Mill Details

Godshall Mill / Morwood Grist Mill

Montgomery Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1790
Township: Salford Twp.
Watersource: E.Branch Perkiomen Cr.
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Godshall Mill / Morwood Grist Mill

Located at the SE intersection of Fretz Road and Camp Road just east of a closed, stone-arched bridge over the Perkiomen Creek north of Morwood, Penna.

Godshall Mill / Morwood Grist Mill
Jim Miller 04/08/1983

This 1790 mill with overshot unloading bay is at the end of a several hundred yard raceway. In 1866, Samuel Shelly Godshall bought the miull from Herman K. Godshall, a Franconia feed merchant, for $12,000 and two tracts of land. This mill had more extensive water power that Samuel's last mill in New Hanover Twp. at Swamp Creek along Pa 73/Pa 663 at Lugwig Road. Samuel and his son, Allen, operated the mill until he retired and moved to Souderton, Pa.

Godshall Mill / Morwood Grist Mill
Jim Miller 04/08/1983

Samuel's hiers, Aaron, Lewis, Allen, and Henry Godshall, sold the Morwood Grist Mill & 36 acres for $26,000 in 1885 to David Shueck. The 2.5 story stuccoed mill of stone construction was last used by William Godshall, having ceased operating between 1958-62. It was owned by Godshall's widow, Mrs. Leidy Knechel for a while. Now owned by Dean Haubrick and is empty of all machinery as of April 1983.

 
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