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Pierce Mill: (historic marker)
The last of several grain mills operating on Rock Creek during an era when most American mills derived their power from small streams. Located near an Indian site, the land was conveyed to Isaac Pierce by the Revolutionary patriot William Deakins in 1794. Mill built about 1820 by Isaac and Abner Pierce. Inherited by a nephew Pierce Shoemaker in 1851 and operated until 1897. Purchased by the Federal government in 1890 and restored by the National Park Service in 1936.
National Society -- Colonial Dames of America in the District of Columbia
National Park Service -- United States Department of the Interior |