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Description: HISTORIC GRIST MILL AND RELATED STRUCTURES. IT CONSISTS OF A MILL BUILDING, BUILT IN 1891; GRAIN ELEVATOR, PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1924; AND ANNEX / SEED HOUSE. THE COMPLEX IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ASSOCIATED GRIST MILLING INDUSTRY IN KENT COUNTY. THE PRESENT COMPLEX OCCUPIES LAND ALONG RADCLIFFE CREEK THAT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MILLING FOR ABOUT 300 YEARS.
Title: RADCLIFFE MILL, CHESTERTOWN, KENT COUNTY, MD
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ. M.D.
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