Hitt's Mill and Houses

Hitt's Mill and Houses, also known as Pry's Mill, Valley Mills, Hitt (or Cost) House, is a historic home and mill complex located at Keedysville, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-story stone and brick structure built as a grist mill. The ground story and the first full story above ground level are constructed of coursed limestone; the upper stories are built of brick. Also on the property is a square log outbuilding with a hipped roof, a large frame bank barn, and part of a fieldstone barnyard fence. The mill and the Hitt house served as hospitals during and after the nearby Civil War Battle of Antietam.[2]

Hitt's Mill and Houses
The Hitt-Cost House in 2017
LocationWest of Keedysville off Maryland Route 34, Keedysville, Maryland
Coordinates39°29′6″N 77°42′44″W
Area89 acres (36 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No.79001147[1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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