Willow Mill Complex

Willow Mill Complex
Willow Mill. Shaw-Leedom House. October 2012.
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

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]

References

  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 October 7, 2012.