The Brookeville Woolen Mill and House is a historic home and woolen mill located in

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, in Montgomery County. The complex consists of two buildings constructed of rubble masonry. The woolen mill is a small one-story structure. South of the mill are two stone worker's houses, one of which is a three-by-two-bay, -story stone house. The house was most likely constructed prior to 1783. The complex may have been built by the

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, who later became well-known bankers and merchants in

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It was listed on the

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in 1978.

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External links

"Brookeville Woolen Mill," Maryland State Archives (Biographical Series)
*, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website Houses completed in 1783 Houses in Montgomery County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland Woollen mills {{MontgomeryCountyMD-NRHP-stub