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Clear Spring Mill

Coordinates: 40°3′25″N 77°3′53″W / 40.05694°N 77.06472°W / 40.05694; -77.06472
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Clear Spring Mill
Clear Spring Mill is located in Pennsylvania
Clear Spring Mill
Clear Spring Mill is located in the United States
Clear Spring Mill
LocationWestern corner of the junction of Capitol Hill and Clear Spring Roads, south of Dillsburg, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°3′25″N 77°3′53″W / 40.05694°N 77.06472°W / 40.05694; -77.06472
Area5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1886
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.96001199[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1996

Clear Spring Mill is a historic mill complex located at Franklin Township, York County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes the grist mill, sawmill, and corn crib. The grist mill was built in 1886, and is a 2 1/2-story, heavy timber frame building on a banked sandstone foundation. It has a gambrel roof and three interior levels. The sawmill was built about 1809, and is a one-story timber frame building on a foundation of banked stone, stone piers, and wood posts. It measures 12 feet deep by 40 feet wide, with a rear porch extension. The corncrib was built about 1930.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-20. Note: This includes Kevin Hodge (April 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Clear Spring Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.