__NOTOC__ Daniels Mill is a historic mill complex located at Daniels,

Howard County, Maryland Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. As of the 2020 census its population rose to 328,200. Its county seat is Ellicott City. Howard County is included in the Baltimore-Colu ...

, in a sheltered, wooded valley of the upper

Patapsco River The Patapsco River mainstem is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 river in central Maryland that flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal port ...

. The complex consists of seven early industrial structures, several concrete block and brick structures of 20th century date, and Gary Memorial United Methodist Church, a granite church built in the High Victorian Gothic style with an off-center tower entrance on the west gable. South of the church is a small cemetery. In the 19th century, an industrial village existed on the site, including stores, a railroad station, a school and several mill workers' houses. The large majority of these supportive structures were demolished in the 1960s. The Elysville Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1829, by Thomas Ely, to manufacture cotton textiles. The mill was erected between August 1845 and spring 1846. It was acquired by the Oskiska Manufacturing Company which went bankrupt, then by the Alberton Manufacturing Company in 1853, and the mill village was called Alberton at least through the 1870s. The mill was then acquired in the 1860s by James S. Gary, who created still another firm which operated the mill until the 1940s, when the C.R. Daniels Company took control. C.R. Daniels was a New York-based company founded in 1918 that manufactured sail cloth material. The company purchased the 500-acre Daniels mill and 118 houses in 1940 for $65,000, doubling its size by 1950, and eventually over 300,000 sq ft. The company produced a wide variety of canvas products and canvas covers with over 200 sewing machines to assemble patterns. Later specialties included fiberglass components and conveyor belts. In 1965, the mill phased out company housing, tearing down the historic buildings and churches. In 1972, flooding from Hurricane Agnes damaged or destroyed the majority of the buildings and mill site. In 1977 a fire destroyed the remainder of the mill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Gallery

File:Daniels Mill Model.JPG, Model of Daniels Mill File:Gary Memorial United Methodist Church Daniels MD Jan 11.JPG, Gary Memorial United Methodist Church, January 2011

References

External links

*, including photo from 1968, at Maryland Historical Trust
C.R. Daniels Co. HistoryGary Memorial United Methodist Church websiteYouTube video of Daniels Mill in 2015
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Industrial buildings completed in 1846 Howard County, Maryland landmarks Historic districts in Howard County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Maryland Cotton mills in the United States {{HowardCountyMD-NRHP-stub

See also

Gallery

References

External links