Patterson Mill
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George Altman Mill (Patterson Mill)
1911–1912. 111 Point St.
This flour mill replaced the original 1885 structure after a fire destroyed it. It is rare to find a flour mill so close to its original condition and so well integrated into its village, and retaining most of its original equipment. The large frame building is three-and-one-half stories, with paired windows on each elevation. Previous mills on the site used hydraulic power from a dam upstream. The Patterson Mill, however, generated its power from a steam engine. Eventually, this engine was replaced by electric motors, which were in use when the mill closed in 1980. The various outbuildings were added in the 1950s.
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Lu Donnelly et al., "George Altman Mill (Patterson Mill)", [Saltsburg, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-IN13.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 210-210.
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