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Ellicott's Mills Historic District is a national historic district at Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is on the east bank of the Patapsco River , opposite Ellicott City . This historic district designation relates to the industrial operations of the Ellicott family from the 1770s through the mid-19th century.
John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East. [3] The Ellicott brothers helped revolutionize farming in the area by persuading farmers to plant wheat instead of tobacco and also by introducing fertilizer to revitalize depleted soil. [4]
John and Andrew Ellicott moved to Baltimore County, Maryland in May 1771 purchasing 50 acres of Baltimore County land from Emanuel Teal and 35 acres from William Williams. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.
Joseph Ellicott (1732–1780) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Province who purchased land on the Patapsco River and set up a new milling business there. Joseph, Andrew , and John founded Ellicott's Mills in 1772, which became one of the largest milling and manufacturing towns in the East.
By 1861, Ellicott's Mills was a prosperous farming and manufacturing area. At the start of the Civil War on April 19, 1861, "Gaithers Raiders", part of the Confederate "Howard County Dragoons" from Oakland Manor, marched through Ellicott's Mills to Baltimore, responding to the Baltimore riot of 1861, before heading south to join J. E. B. Stuart ...
Apr. 13—There is only one rule in the new Ellicott Mills Children's Museum in Ellicott City: "Touch everything." That's according to Pat Greenwald and Anne Schoenhut, co-chairs of the education ...
Martha also wrote A Brief Account of the Settlement of Ellicott's Mills [21] and was a co-author, with Charles Worthington Evans and G. Hunter Bartlett, of American Family History: Fox, Ellicott, Evans. [22] She also wrote memoirs of family members, including one of Joseph Ellicott that the Maryland Historical Society printed. [23]
Alexander Fridge, George and William Morris founded the Thistle Manufacturing Company in 1824 with the purchase of the property from the Ellicott brothers. [3] The Ellicotts stipulated that the new factory as well as the Dismal Mill downstream would not operate as a competing flour mill, and in turn, the Ellicott's could not sell liquor on ...