[Road from Lewis Mills]
Item — Box: Borough-Small-1
Identifier: B.1.1.23
Scope and Contents
The site of the J. Howard Lewis Paper Mills is located in Nether Providence, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Cum Creek Between Baltimore Pike and Beatty Road. It was first constructed in 1826 by John Pancoast and others, and was purchased by John and Elizabeth Lewis in 1833. It was damaged by fire in 1882, and again in 1883, and was operated by the Franklin Paper Company after 1890. It continued in business until the late 1950s.
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