The Doub's Mill Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

that encompasses a portion of the small community of

Beaver Creek, Maryland Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 251 as of the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Hagerstown and north of Boonsboro near U.S. Route 40 and Maryland Rout ...

, dating to the late 18th century and early 19th century. The dominating structure is Doub's Mill, a grain mill built between 1811 and 1821 by John Funk. Using local

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, the neighborhood displays an unusual consistency of style and construction. In addition to Doub's Mill, there are five other homes and numerous outbuildings, all originally part of the mill complex. The stone structures are built in the German tradition, and one has a date stone inscribed 1782, at which time the area belonged to Henry and Christian Newcomer, Mennonites of Swiss-German origin. Doub's Mill Historic District was listed on the

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in 1979.

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*, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts in Washington County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland {{WashingtonCountyMD-NRHP-stub