Willow Mill Complex Explained

Willow Mill Complex
Location:570, 559, and 569 Bustleton Pike, Richboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1994°N -75.0106°W
Builder:Shaw, Joseph; McKinney, Cornelius
Architecture:Federal
Added:May 9, 2002
Refnum:02000476

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.

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 -story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof that was designed in the Federal style. It has a -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 -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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H102497_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Willow Mill Complex]. 2012-10-07. Diane Newbury and Ellen Friedman Schultz. PDF. April 2001.