Levi Sheard Mill

The story

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The Levi Sheard Mill is a stone grist mill at 8308 Covered Bridge Rd. in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, built around 1825 in the Georgian style.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2006 under criteria A and C, with local significance in industry and architecture. Its period of significance runs from around 1825 to 1917, reflecting the mill's construction.

Physical character

The stone mill has a gambrel roof, a brick chimney and stone arches, with vertical board and Dutch doors. It grew in stages, with two-story and shed-roofed additions around 1850, one-story stone additions around 1870, and a cider-press addition around 1905. In 1990 the roof was replaced with standing seam metal, and around 1917 the millstones gave way to a vertical French Burr milling system.

Historical context

In 1798 Abraham Benner received a grant of water and timber rights on the site, and an 1817 deed describes an oil mill there. Levi Sheard acquired the mill from Christian Moyer in 1844; William Amey sold it to David Sheard in 1883, and Calvin Heckler sold it to John Detweiler in 1891. Reuben Swinburne Clymer bought the mill in 1916, and John Clymer retired and sold it in 1971.