Metz Ice Plant
National Register of Historic Places

Metz Ice Plant

Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
Listed
November 19, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Modern
Ref No.
07001206

About this property

The Metz Ice Plant, also known as the Jacob Klaer Gristmill and the Milford Ice and Refrigeration Company, is an historic ice manufacturing plant in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. This historic structure is a late-nineteenth century grist mill that was converted to an ice manufacturing plant. The oldest section, which was built in 1869, is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame building with a gambrel roof. Attached to it are two wood frame additions, the first of which was built between 1903 and 1927. Five smaller additions of concrete block construction were built between 1927 and 1950. Also extant is a penstock that carried water to the plant. The former grist mill was converted into an ice plant between 1924 and 1930. It remained in operation into the 1950s.

Location

Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
41.31732, -74.79925

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Sources

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When was Metz Ice Plant listed on the National Register?

Metz Ice Plant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Metz Ice Plant?

Metz Ice Plant is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Metz Ice Plant is recorded as the modern era.

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