Hitt's Mill and Houses
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Hitt's Mill and Houses, also known as Pry's Mill, Valley Mills, Hitt (or Cost) House, is a historic home and mill complex located at Keedysville
, Washington County, Maryland
, United States
. It is a five-story stone and brick structure built as a grist mill. The ground story and the first full story above ground level are constructed of coursed limestone
; the upper stories are built of brick. Also on the property is a square log outbuilding with a hipped roof, a large frame bank barn
, and part of a fieldstone
barnyard fence. The mill and the Hitt house served as hospitals during and after the nearby Civil War Battle of Antietam
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979.
Keedysville, Maryland
Keedysville is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 482 as of the 2000 Census. As of 1 July 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the town's population at 862, a 78.8% increase from 2000.-Geography:...
, Washington County, Maryland
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a five-story stone and brick structure built as a grist mill. The ground story and the first full story above ground level are constructed of coursed limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
; the upper stories are built of brick. Also on the property is a square log outbuilding with a hipped roof, a large 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...
, and part of a fieldstone
Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...
barnyard fence. The mill and the Hitt house served as hospitals during and after the nearby Civil War Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...
.
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 1979.
External links
- Hitt's Mill and Houses, Washington County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Cost House, Keedysville Road, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD: 1 photo, 3 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey