Owings Upper Mill
Owings Upper Mill | |
![]() Owings Mill in 1936 | |
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Location | 10601 Reisterstown Road (MD 140) Owings Mills, Maryland, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 39°25′18.9696″N 76°46′59.304″W / 39.421936000°N 76.78314000°WCoordinates: 39°25′18.9696″N 76°46′59.304″W / 39.421936000°N 76.78314000°W |
Area | 8.9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | 1791 |
Architect | Owings, Samuel |
Architectural style | Early Republic |
NRHP reference No. | 78001446[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 13, 1978 |
The Owings Upper Mill (also known as A.E. Groff's Flour Mill) is a historic grist mill located at Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a large 3+1⁄2-story brick structure, 50 by 60 feet (15 by 18 m). The building stands on a low stone foundation, surmounted by a molded brick water table. Two frame extensions were built sometime in the 1880s. The words "EUREKA FLOUR MILL" are worked into the façade in purple brick between the second- and third-story windows. The building is probably the oldest and largest mill surviving in Baltimore County and was the last known project of , the American Revolutionary War patriot and enterprising merchant.[2]
The Owings Upper Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ John W. McGrain (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Owings Upper Mill" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links[]
- Owings Upper Mill, Baltimore County, including photo from 1969, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Millpictures.com, A. E. Groff's Flour Mill / Owings Upper Mill
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-841, "Mill Building, Bonita Avenue, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, MD"
- Grinding mills in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Industrial buildings completed in 1791
- Owings Mills, Maryland
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Baltimore County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs