Herr's Grist Mill

by Lisa Wooten

Title

Herr's Grist Mill

Artist

Lisa Wooten

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Photograph - Photographs

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Purchased:2016 and 2017, 2018, 2019


Featured: Art District 10/13/2017

While most settlers reaching America's eastern colonies hailed from England, William Penn offered land ownership and religious freedom to all nations. Herrs Mill interior Fleeing religious persecution in Germany, Bishop Hans Herr arrived in Pennsylvania with his family in 1710. Here in Strasburg Borough, the Herr family felt free to follow their Mennonite faith and continue the Herr family lineage in Lancaster County.
Grandson John Herr, received a patent to 1100 acres of land along Pequea Creek for 110 pounds sterling. By 1730, John had built a two story log cabin and began to construct a grist mill and sawmill along the stream.
Through the years, a small village sprouted up along Pequea Creek. Herrs Mill millwheel Supporting a general store, blacksmith shop and forge, a winery and distillery, a bridge was needed for local villagers to cross the creek. Herr�s Mill Bridge, spanning 180 feet, was built in 1844. Its long span used a double burr arch and was rebuilt in 1875. Bypassed by a concrete bridge, the bridge was almost removed. The last renovations were done in 1972 and 1978, with current hopes to raise the bridge due to area flooding. Herrs Mill Bridge
When the mill changed ownership in 1957, Donald Denlinger set his sights on comnplete restoration. Stripped of its internal milling equipment, Denlinger found the Evergreen millworks available, including the giant 3800 pound millstones. Denlinger continued his restoration work on the village buildings, including reconstruction of the log cabin. Tours are conducted of the Amish home while the mill is open for self-tours most every day. The Herr's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is also sometimes known as Soudersburg Bridge.

The bridge has a double span, wooden, double Burr arch truss design. It is painted red on the outside, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color. The length is 178 feet and the width is 15 feet, this bridge is blocked off and admits no traffic at all. The bridge is in fare condition.

In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historical Places as structure number 80003537. It is located in Paradise Township on Ronks Road 0.4 km (0.25 mi) south of U.S. Route 300 to the east of Lancaster city.

Herr's Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1844 by Joseph Elliot and Robert Russell at a cost of $1787.It has a double-span, double-arch Burr arch truss construction. In 1875 the bridge was rebuilt by James C. Carpenter at a cost of $1860. The bridge was later bypassed by a new concrete bridge and is now on the private property of the Mill Bridge Village Camping Resort. In 2006, after plans to demolish the bridge were reported, owner Brian Kopan was quoted as saying "The bridge is in fine condition. We�re hoping to keep it as it is. Wikipedia

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