National Register of Historic Places

Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site

Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland
Listed
November 2, 1987
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001391

About this property

Jeremiah Brown House and Mill Site is a Colonial-era mill complex and national historic district at Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It consists of two distinct halves: a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed stone structure built in 1757 by Jeremiah Brown Sr., a Quaker from Pennsylvania; and a two-story, two-bay gable-roofed frame house built in 1904 by John Clayton on the site of the original 1702 log wing. Also on the property is a small 19th century bank barn; a reconstruction of the original mill built on top of the stone foundations of the 1734 Brown Water Corn and Gristmill; and the foundations of an 18th-century saw mill. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The entire site is located within the grounds of the Plumpton Park Zoo.

Location

1416 Telegraph Rd.
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland
39.70390, -76.00314

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When was Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site listed on the National Register?

Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1987.

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Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Brown, Jeremiah, House and Mill Site is recorded as the industrial era.

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