Mill Details

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill

Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1830, 1837
Township: Hereford Twp.
Watersource: Perkiomen Creek.
Location / Directions

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill

Southwest of Pa 100 /Pa 29 junction on Pa 100 by 0.6 miles, turn right on Kriebel Rd. The mill is right at the turn, partly along Old Hwy. 100.

Verse for Thought
"Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him."
({Psalm 28:6&7 NKJV})
Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill
Jim Miller 10/1999

A mill dating from 1830 or 1837, built by Israel Kriebel, just on the edge of Lehigh County's Hosensack region. Unique in the fact that it is right in a corner of Berks County bordering on Lehigh County and Montgomery County, Penn. The 3.5 story 35'X 55' sandstone/fieldstone grist and oil mill at one time had a straight peaked roof or gabel roof instead of the present gambrel roof style.

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill
Jim Miller 10/1992

It was once a linseed oil mill, of which there were quite a few in the Hosensack/Powder Valley area. In the 1980's and 1990's, the building was used as a chicken house, but has been remodeled and improved greatly before 1999. There is more info. available and this will be updated soon.

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill
Jim Miller 02/1981

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 04/09/2006

The mill has been remodeled into a residence by 2006.

Kriebel/Shultz Grist & Oil Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 04/09/2006

 
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