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LINWOOD GRAIN ELEVATOR

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1882. 417 McKinstrys Mill Rd.
  • (Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie)

Built by Joseph Englar, this is one of the oldest extant buildings of its type in the country, heralded in its day as the finest grain elevator along the Western Maryland Railway. It was a tremendous boon to local farmers whose grain could now be processed, stored, and loaded directly into railroad cars for transport to Baltimore, an otherwise two-day wagon ride. It reflects the importance of grain production to the economy of Carroll County, then among the richest grain producers in the state. The two-and-a-half-story frame structure has a gable roof with a tall monitor, decorative exposed rafters, and distinctive framed window surrounds. The site includes a two-story office addition, warehouse and loading dock, and its original mill machinery, including the interior elevator.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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Timeline

  • 1882

    Built

What's Nearby

UNION BRIDGE BANKING AND TRUST BUILDING
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY BUILDINGS
JOSEPH WOLFE HOUSE
MCKINSTRY’S MILL
DEVILBISS STORE AND HOUSE

Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "LINWOOD GRAIN ELEVATOR", [Linwood, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-CM54.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 267-267.

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