Visit historic Newlin Grist Mill on Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 10 AM to 4 PM to experience the site’s annual Fall Harvest Festival. A local favorite, this event provides fun for the whole family!
This year’s festival will feature over two dozen different demonstrations of historic skills and trades. Old favorites will be returning, joined this year Newlin’s millwrights, a ropemaker, a brewer, a potter, and more. Listen to music by the Colonial Revelers, learn colonial dancing, and enjoy performances by Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre! Many favorite activities from years past will be returning, including pumpkin painting and hayrides.
Visitors can shop in the festival’s Colonial Market for chocolate and candies from Shane Confectionery, handmade soaps, colonial games, pumpkins, and cornmeal ground in the site’s 1704 grist mill. Traditionally made pretzels—baked in the onsite bake oven—will be available for purchase. For adult guests, the festival will feature a Colonial Tavern in the afternoon, where Levante Brewing will be on hand to sell beer. Food will also be available for purchase.
Admission to the Fall Harvest Festival is free for all ages. Parking is $5 per car. Shuttle buses between the parking area and the festival site will run every 15 minutes throughout the event. Additional costs apply for hayrides and pumpkin painting. Visitors must be 21+ to drink in the tavern. For more information, visit www.newlingristmill.org or call the site at 610-459-2359.
The Fall Harvest Festival is made possible in part by generous sponsorships by Unique Indoor Comfort Heating and Cooling
About The Nicholas Newlin Foundation
Founded in 1960, the purpose of the Nicholas Newlin Foundation is to preserve our land and historic buildings for the pleasure and education of the public.
In an area of urban growth, the Foundation maintains open land as a refuge for plants, animals, and birds, and for the people who come to enjoy them. In an era of high technology, it offers visitors insights into the vanished life of the rural eighteenth century. This two-fold objective of environmental and historical concerns is combined in a single theme wherever possible.
Following the ideals of its founder, E. Mortimer Newlin, the Foundation will strive to enhance its service to the public, while securing its future by managing its finances wisely. Nicholas Newlin Foundation 219 S. Cheyney Road Glen Mills, PA 19342 610-459-2359 | www.newlingristmill.org
