National Historic Landmark-Florence Mills House

National Historical Landmark-Florence Mills House

Home (1910-27) of the popular African American singer who in the 1920s achieved stardom on Broadway and in Europe, thus becoming a symbol of success for Black Americans.

Ms. Mills starred in such productions as Shuffle ...

National Historic Landmark - Harmony Mills

National Historic Landmark - Harmony Mills

From the late 1860s through the 1880s, the Harmony Mills Company was one of the largest American producers of cotton fabric for printed calicoes and fine cotton muslins.

Harmony Mill No. 3 was the largest ...

National Historic Landmark-Robert Mills House

National Historic Landmark- Robert Mills House

This Classical two story brick mansion was built for a wealthy merchant by Robert Mills (1781-1855), native South Carolinian, first Federal architect and the designer of the Washington Monument.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

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National Historic Landmark-Clark Mills Studio

National Historic Landmark- Clark Mills Studio

This was the residence of Clark Mills (1815-1883), a self-taught sculptor who pioneered in the casting of bronze statues.

He was commissioned in 1848 to do an equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson. Mills built ...

National Historic Landmark-Mills Building, SC State Hospital

National Historic Landmark- Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital

Constructed between 1822 and 1827, this is the oldest building in the country to be used continuously as a mental institution and one of the first mental hospitals built with public ...

Mono Mills

To meet the ever increasing demand for lumber and cord wood the Bodie Railway and Lumber Company was formed in February 1881. Timber was harvested from various tracts to the south. It was milled at this site and then shipped ...

Elder's Mills

In 1821 Matthew Elder built the first woolen factory in this area and bought wool from miles around. He ran a large general store with an extensive trade. He also ran a flax seed oil mill. In connection with his ...

Rio Mills

The 19th-century mill village of Rio Mills stood 600 yards west of here, where the former Harrisonburg-Charlottesville Turnpike crossed the South Fork of the Rivanna River. Following the Battle of Rio Hill on 29 February 1864, Union General George Armstrong ...

Buckland Mills Battle

Custer's Position

(Preface): On October 19, 1863, 12,000 Confederate and Union cavalry clashed at the Battle of Buckland Mills in the last large-scale Confederate victory in Virginia. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, screening the Confederate infantry’s march to Culpeper County, blocked Union Gen. ...

Town of Millsboro

For countless centuries, this was an

important meeting place for the Native

American residents of the Delmarva Peninsula.

In 1792, the state legislature authorized

the construction of a mill dam “across

the head of the waters of Indian River

near ...