Roop's Mill
Roop's Mill in 2015
Roop's Mill is located in Maryland
Roop's Mill
Roop's Mill is located in the United States
Roop's Mill
Location1001 & 1019 Taneytown Pike, near Westminster, Maryland
Coordinates39°35′35″N 77°02′02″W / 39.59306°N 77.03389°W / 39.59306; -77.03389
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Builtc. 1795 (1795), 1816, 1825, 1869, 1914
Architectural styleFederal, Mid-19th century
NRHP reference No.08000796[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 2008

Roop's Mill is a historic grist mill complex located near Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. The complex includes a three-story, brick and stone mill, dating from about 1795 and rebuilt in 1816; the David Roop House, an 1825 stone dwelling; a log cooper's shed; an early two-part bank barn; numerous farm sheds; a late-19th century iron suspension bridge; and a bank barn dated to the 1860s. The brick mill was constructed according to the designs of Oliver Evans.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paula S. Reed; Edie Wallace & Merry Stinson (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Roop's Mill" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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