Juniata Woolen Mill and Newry Manor
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Juniata Woolen Mill and Newry Manor, also known as Lutz Mansion and Woolen Mill, Lux Vista, Lutz Mill, and Lutz Factory , is a historic woolen mill
building and manor house
located at Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
. The site includes a small German colonial manor house dated to 1803 with a large brick addition dated to 1858 and an attached log house, and a stone woolen mill dated to 1805. The original 1803 manor house is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay wide building. Attached to it is the 2 1/2-story, late-federal
style brick addition, with the early 19th century, 2-story log house attached to it. The log house was reconstructed in 1950. The woolen mill is 2 1/2-stories with four working levels. The mill was in operation from 1808 for over a century.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983.
Textile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing is a major industry. It is based in the conversion of three types of fibre into yarn, then fabric, then textiles. These are then fabricated into clothes or other artifacts. Cotton remains the most important natural fibre, so is treated in depth...
building and manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
located at Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. The site includes a small German colonial manor house dated to 1803 with a large brick addition dated to 1858 and an attached log house, and a stone woolen mill dated to 1805. The original 1803 manor house is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay wide building. Attached to it is the 2 1/2-story, late-federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style brick addition, with the early 19th century, 2-story log house attached to it. The log house was reconstructed in 1950. The woolen mill is 2 1/2-stories with four working levels. The mill was in operation from 1808 for over a century.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983.
External links
- Lutz Woolen Factory, 1 mile South of U.S. 30 on East side of Township Route 2019, Everett vicinity, Bedford, PA: 2 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey