The Bowlus Mill House is a historic home and farm complex located at Spoolsville

Spoolsville, Maryland

Spoolsville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Bowlus Mill House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.-References:...

, Frederick County

Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It consists of the house built of narrow courses of flat cut stones, a frame bank barn

Bank barn

A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the upper and the lower floors area could be accessed from ground level, one area at the top of the hill and the other at the bottom...

 on a stone foundation, and a small frame shed. The -story house with an exposed basement was built about 1800, and reflects the Germanic influence typical of the region in the period.

The Bowlus Mill House 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 1996.

External links

• Bowlus Mill House, Frederick County, including photo from 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust