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Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Northampton Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: Bushkill Creek
Northampton Farm Bureau Coop. Mill / Messinger's Mill
Off Bushkill Dr. along Bushkill Cr. in Tatamy Boro.
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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.
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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.
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Another storage structure also in much better repair than in 1987. Actually this building was not noticed in 1987, but most certainly was present.
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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.
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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.