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.[2]
Hitt's Mill and Houses | |
 The Hitt-Cost House in 2017 | |
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| Location | West of Keedysville off Maryland Route 34, Keedysville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′6″N 77°42′44″W / 39.48500°N 77.71222°W |
| Area | 89 acres (36 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001147[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Paula Stoner Dickey (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hitt's Mill and Houses" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
edit- Hitt's Mill and Houses, Washington County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-957, "Cost House, Keedysville Road, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD", 1 photo, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page