Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc.

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Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc.
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Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., August 2011
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Location3600 Clipper Mill Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′53″N76°38′34″W / 39.33139°N 76.64278°W / 39.33139; -76.64278
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
NRHP reference No. 73002188 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1973

Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., also known as Meadow Mill, is a historic cotton mill complex located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a four-story, Italianate brick structure that features a square tower structure with a truncated spire-like roof having an open bell cupola. It was erected in 1877 as one of five mills which comprised the Woodberry Manufacturing Company. It was intended for the manufacture of seine twines. [2] It was home to London Fog, prior to its move to Eldersburg, Maryland.

Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc. was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Catharine F. Black (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.