• The property straddles the Patapsco River north and south of the bridge into Ellicott City, with portions of the property located in both Baltimore County and Howard County.

• The site is where the Ellicott brothers opened the first merchant flour mill in Maryland in 1774.

• When the B&O Railroad ran the first commercial railroad in the nation from Baltimore to Ellicott City in 1831, a railroad spur was constructed from the main line across the Patapsco River to the Ellicotts’ flour mill.

• This is an historic rehabilitation project of an eight-story flour mill constructed in 1916.

• It was the last extant flour mill operating in Maryland.

• Our plan acknowledges the building and site’s history, while providing for adaptive re-use that will preserve the building.

• It was an active flour mill for most of its 100 years of existence, until it ceased operations in 2020.

• With an industrial use no longer being viable, the plan is to preserve the building by adaptive re-use by converting it to apartments, and a small amount of retail compatible with the building and its location.

• While in use as a flour mill, up to 130 workers were employed at its peak.

• During most of the period of its use, and up until 2020, tractor trailer trucks brought grain and other products employed in the production of flour to the site on a daily basis, and tractor trailers took product away for distribution.

• 190 rental apartments, consisting mostly of studios and one-bedrooms, and a few two-bedroom units.

• 4,975 square feet of retail outdoor sporting goods and activities.

• a destination restaurant with an outdoor deck overlooking the Patapsco River.

• a 945 square foot historic display that showcases historical elements from the site and the building environs.

• Preservation and visual enhancement of the steel trestle railroad bridge which was a spur from the former B & O Railroad line (now CSX) located on the opposite side of the river.