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Abraham Faw built a grist mill here on Seneca Creek about 1790. By 1795 the mill had four pairs of grinding stones. There was also a saw mill and a tavern on the site. The mills were bought in 1797 by James McCubbin Lingan who named the area Middlebrook after one of the battles in which he participated during the Revolutionary War. The mills were sold to Col. John Tayloe in 1827. By the time of the Civil War, the town of Middlebrook had a post office, a general store, a school, two churches—episcopal and presbyterian, a blacksmith and two carpenters. In the late 19th century the mills were operated by Leonard Buxton, but had ceased all work by 1900. There is no trace today of the mills.
Details
| HM Number | HM17V |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | Montgomery County Park Commission, Department of Parks |
| Marker Condition |  0 out of 10 (3 reports) |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 5:52pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 307398 N 4337731 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.16750000, -77.22940000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 10.05', W 77° 13.764' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 10' 3.00" N, 77° 13' 45.84" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 301 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1611 Greenway Trail, Germantown MD 20876, US |
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I Saw The Marker
I saw a copy of the marker on the web,
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2804
Feb 11, 2018 at 3:19pm PST by jasper
The Marker Is Missing
Marker for Middlebrook Mills [Maryland, Montgomery County] has been missing for several years. It is pictures on Web.
Feb 11, 2018 at 3:17pm PST by jasper
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