Hitt's Mill and Houses

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
Hitt's Mill and Houses is located in Maryland
Hitt's Mill and Houses
Hitt's Mill and Houses is located in the United States
Hitt's Mill and Houses
LocationWest of Keedysville off Maryland Route 34, Keedysville, Maryland
Coordinates39°29′6″N 77°42′44″W
Area89 acres (36 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No.79001147[1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paula Stoner Dickey (April 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hitt's Mill and Houses" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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