Stroud's Mill / Stover's Mill
Lehigh Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Watersource: South Fork Saucon Creek
Stroud's Mill / Stover's Mill
Pa.378 in Coopersburg near Pa.309. Take Mill Rd.(SRR 39007) west in Coopersburg Boro. 1 mile plus to the intersection of Gun Club Rd. and Mill Rd. Mill is on NW corner of crossroads.
The native fieldstone mill is 3.5 story including basement. Three doors high with the catshead in the dormer.
The 35'x 60' layout of the mill is reflected in a very neat, impressive structure now converted into a residence.
Also on the upper door in heavy crayon is/was the date of A. Lincoln's assasination: APRIL 14, 1865.
The mill is in the vicinity between Blue Church and Coopersburg and is ono-operational. The mill was owned in 1938, probably when last operated, by Joseph Illick.
The date on the dormer/catshead above the top door is "1796". The mill is non-operational. GPS: 40' 30.91N, 75' 24.25W 502' elevation