Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
George Ellicott House is a historic house located in Oella in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. George Ellicott was a son of Andrew Ellicott, one of several brothers that founded Ellicott Mills (Ellicott City). [1] George Ellicott bought swampland after the colonial war now known as the Inner Harbor of Baltimore.
George Ellicott (1760–1832) was a son of Andrew Ellicott, who with his two brothers (all were Quakers from Bucks County, Pa.) founded Ellicott's Mills (now Ellicott City), Maryland. [1] He was a mathematician, an amateur astronomer, a younger cousin of surveyor Major Andrew Ellicott and a friend of Benjamin Banneker .
Location of Howard County in Maryland. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Howard County, Maryland.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
The original house was a Flemish bond brick structure of 1-1/2 stories with a very steep A-roof. The current 1840 building is a 2-1/2 story Greek revival structure with a gently sloping A-roof on 100 remaining acres of the original 2,100 acres granted to Robert Brooke, Sr in 1649. Old Trinity Church (Church Creek) Church Creek, Maryland: 1675 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
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]
Sign in to your AOL account.