Kaese Mill is a historic grist mill located at Accident

Accident, Maryland

Accident is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 353 at the 2000 census. The town is home to Northern Garrett High School...

, Garrett County

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It was constructed about 1868, and is a -story frame water-powered grist mill

Gristmill

The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...

. It is the only fully operational water-powered grist mill in Maryland. It was built by Henry August Kaese, Sr., an immigrant miller from Germany

Germany

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 who settled in Garrett County shortly after the American Civil War

American Civil War

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.

Kaese Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1984.

External links

• Kaese Mill, Garrett County, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust