Mill Details

Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill

Northampton Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: Early 1800's
Township: Palmer Twp.
Watersource: Bushkill Creek
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Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill

Off Bushkill Dr. along Bushkill Cr. in Tatamy Boro.

Verse for Thought
"Do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
({Hebrews 13:16 NKJV})
Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Jim Miller 11/04/1987

Old 3.5 story fieldstone mill, 35'x50' stone with 15' cement block/frame addition on rear end. Complex had been unused since August of 1987, only 3 months or so before picture was taken.

Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Jim Miller 06/28/2007

Very large frame addition plus others mostly of steel siding and/or asbestos shingle clad. It is unknown any business has located to this mill or if it is just being maintained by a historical society.

Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Jim Miller 06/28/2007

Another storage structure also in much better repair than in 1987. Actually this building was not noticed in 1987, but most certainly was present.

Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Jim Miller 06/28/2007

The Messinger's Mill had a prior roof type, namely a straight peak. The rock has been added and probably the dormers when the hip-roof was introduced.

Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
JIm Miller 06/28/2007

The mill has actually inproved in overall condition and appearance since 1987, when Farm Bureau moved out to either a new location or closed their facilities in this location, as many Farm Bureau facilities closed about that time.

 
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