Mt. Vernon Mill No. 1 (c. 1978)
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View of the Mt. Vernon Mill No. 1 along Falls Road.
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Mount Vernon Mill No. 1
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…