National Register of Historic Places

Knabb-Bieber Mill

Stony Creek Mills, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Listed
November 8, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90001621

About this property

The Knabb-Bieber Mill is located in Oley Township, Pennsylvania. The mill was built in 1809 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1990. This grist mill was built in 1809 for John Knabb and was acquired around 1875 by John Bieber by his marriage to Maggie Knabb. Their fourth son, Effinger Bieber, bought the property at auction. He married Mary Moyer. They had 11 children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. They shut down all mill operations shortly after Effenger fell and hit his head on macadam in the early 1990's. Like Effinger, she was in her 90s when she died. The mill sits on a property of approximately twenty-five acres on Bieber Mill Road in the Oley Valley of Pennsylvania. Its equipment is powered by water from the Monocacy Creek. National Register of Historic Places listings in Berks County, Pennsylvania Knabb-Bieber Mill, Monocacy Creek (Oley Township), Oley, Berks County, PA: 5 photos and 3 data pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey

Location

Stony Creek Mills, Berks County, Pennsylvania
40.35914, -75.81018

Categories

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When was Knabb-Bieber Mill listed on the National Register?

Knabb-Bieber Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1990.

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Knabb-Bieber Mill is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Knabb-Bieber Mill is recorded as the industrial era.

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