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Lewis Mill Complex

Coordinates: 39°22′20″N 77°33′34″W / 39.37222°N 77.55944°W / 39.37222; -77.55944
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Lewis Mill Complex
Lewis Mill Complex is located in Maryland
Lewis Mill Complex
Lewis Mill Complex is located in the United States
Lewis Mill Complex
Nearest cityJefferson, Maryland
Coordinates39°22′20″N 77°33′34″W / 39.37222°N 77.55944°W / 39.37222; -77.55944
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1810 (1810)
NRHP reference No.82002813[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1982

Lewis Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located at Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland. The complex consists of seven standing structures, a house foundation, and the remains of an earlier millrace. It centers on an early 19th-century three-story brick mill structure with a gabled roof. The mill complex served German immigrant farmers in Middletown Valley between 1810 and the 1920s. It was rehabilitated in 1979-1980 for use as a pottery shop. Also in the complex are a stuccoed log house and log springhouse built about; a frame wagon shed and corn crib structure and frame barn dating from the late 19th century; and early 20th century cattle shelter and a frame garage.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

A trombe wall was installed on the south wall of the mill in 1980 to heat the business and living quarters. Solar panels were installed on outbuildings in 2011.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cherilyn E. Widell (April 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lewis Mill Complex" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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