Mt. Vernon Mill (1886)

ID: 256 ~ Source: Baltimore County Public Library, John McGrain, 4152001. ~ Date: 1886
This file appears in: Mount Vernon Mill No. 1
Mt. Vernon Mill (1886)

Southward downstream view of the Mt. Vernon Mill.

This file appears in: Mount Vernon Mill No. 1

By Kyle Fisher
Mill No. 1 sits on the site of Laurel Mill, a late 18th-century flour mill originally owned by prominent businessman and abolitionist Elisha Tyson. In 1849, the newly chartered Mount Vernon Company built a textile mill on the site. Mill No. 1 stood…