Potts Mill / Reinhart Mill / Lobachsville Grist Mill
Berks Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Pine Creek
Potts Mill / Reinhart Mill / Lobachsville Grist Mill
East of Oley at Friedensburg Rd. and Pa. 73, go south east on Pa. 73 for 2 miles, turn left(east) on Bertolet's Mill Rd. Go 1.5 miles. Road becomes Long Lane. Go almost 1 mile, turning right on Mill Rd. The mill is soon on the left in a complex of several houses and a barn(back from the Road).
The mill was built in 1745 by Willam Potts, the founder of Pottstown. Williams stepson, Peter Lobach, operated the mill for many years. Because of it shape, the mill looks smaller than it really appears. The 30'x40' 3.5 story stone/frame mill features brick decorative arches above the doors on the stone portion. Two strenghtening rods course front to back between the first and second full floors. The mill is built of small evenly shaped rock that almost appear as brick from a distance.
Another name for the mill is the David Reinhart Mill. How he plays into the mill's history is unknown. Several millstones are exibited in front on either side of the steps to the lower door.
The mill dam is located right next to the mill and is fed by the waters of Pine Creek. Lobachsville is and has been owned for many years by Stephen Kindig, a long time member of SPOOM, the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills.
The miller's house and barn at the Lobachsville Grist mill.