Willow Mill Complex

The story

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The Willow Mill Complex is a former gristmill property at 570, 559, and 569 Bustleton Pike in Richboro, Bucks County. The mill was established in 1739, and its stone dwelling was built around 1800 in the Federal style.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with consideration G, and holds local-level significance in industry and architecture. Its significance runs from about 1740 to 1905, including the 1792 sale of the mill by the Shaw family to Richard Leedom.

Physical character

The buildings are limestone and fieldstone on stone foundations, roofed mostly in cedar and asphalt; the house has a gambrel roof, a boxed cornice, dressed quoins, a keystone window arrangement, and a center hall plan with a winder stair, and the mill retains an overshot wheel. The complex was converted to residential use in 1938, and later changes added stone steps in 1947, a shingle pent roof in 1953, and a cantilevered pedimented gable roof in 1962.

Historical context

The mill passed from the Shaw family to Richard Leedom in 1792, and later owners included Lukens and Sager, who sold it to Samuel Reed in 1860 before Theodore and Howard Krusen bought it in 1872.