Roop's Mill is a historic grist mill complex located near Westminster,

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. The complex includes a three-story, brick and stone mill, dating from about 1795 and rebuilt in 1816; the David Roop House, an 1825 stone dwelling; a log cooper's shed; an early two-part

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; numerous farm sheds; a late-19th century iron

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; and a bank barn dated to the 1860s. The brick mill was constructed according to the designs of Oliver Evans. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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* at Maryland Historical Trust
Millpictures.com websiteThe Spa at Roop's Mill website
Grinding mills in Maryland Industrial buildings completed in 1795 Buildings and structures in Carroll County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Maryland Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland {{CarrollCountyMD-NRHP-stub