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Willow Mill Complex

Coordinates: 40°11′58″N 75°0′38″W / 40.19944°N 75.01056°W / 40.19944; -75.01056
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Willow Mill Complex
Willow Mill. Shaw-Leedom House. October 2012.
Willow Mill Complex is located in Pennsylvania
Willow Mill Complex
Willow Mill Complex is located in the United States
Willow Mill Complex
Location570, 559, and 569 Bustleton Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°11′58″N 75°0′38″W / 40.19944°N 75.01056°W / 40.19944; -75.01056
Area11.6 acres (4.7 ha)
Built byShaw, Joseph; McKinney, Cornelius
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.02000476[1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 2002

The Willow Mill Complex is a complex of historic buildings that is located in Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

History and architectural features

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This complex consists of the Shaw-Leedom House and spring house/smoke house and the Howard Sager House, wagon house, and grist mill.

The Shaw-Leedom House was built circa 1800, and is a 2+12-story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof that was designed in the Federal style. It has a 1+12-story, two-bay stone wing believed to be the kitchen wing from an earlier house. The adjacent stone spring/smoke house was also built circa 1800. The Willow Mill was built during the 1840s, and is a four-story stone building that was converted to residential use in 1938.

The Sager House was built in 1847, and is a 2+12-story, three-bay, ashlar stone building. It has a gable roof with dormers and shed roof "Dutch Stoop" kitchen wing. Associated with it is a two-story, frame wagon house that dates to the nineteenth century.[2]

This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Diane Newbury and Ellen Friedman Schultz (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Willow Mill Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.