Horatio Nelson Gambrill (before 1871)

ID: 258 ~ Source: Baltimore County Public Library, 1730007. ~ Date: Before 1871
This file appears in: Mount Vernon Mill No. 1
Horatio Nelson Gambrill (before 1871)

Horatio Nelson Gambrill (1810-1880) co-built the White Hall factory, the Woodberry Mills, the Park and Druid Mills and Mt. Vernon # 1.

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…