Howard Cotton Factory

  • Also Known As: Apple Butter Factory
  • Also Known As: B F Shriver Cannery
  • Also Known As: Sykes Mill

  • Address: 307 W Friendship Rd
  • Vicinity: 350 Route 32
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1789/00/00 Benjamin and George Whips advertise an old grist mill (lost) for sale.
1816/02/20 Eliza Warfield, wife of Charles A Warfield of Baltimore, buys the property and apparently rebuilds the mill on the site.
1817/09/17 Louis Pascault Owner Eliza and Charles Warfield sell their grist mill (lost) to Louis Pascault who immediately advertises it as a merchant mill for rent.
1824/03/22 Louis Charles Pascault Owner Louis Pascault, indebted to Louis Charles Pascault, deeds the property to him in order to extinguish the debt. Louis Charles Pascault will live on the farm.
1825/00/00 Louis Charles Pascault Owner Trustee Hugh Thompson offers the farm and mill for sale, noting that the 238 acres consists of several tracts of land now in possession of Lewis C Pascault, except the Mill and appurtenances, which are in the possession of Francis Pascault.
1826/01/23 Christopher Columbus O'Donnell Owner Columbus O'Donnell buys the farm and mill from Lewis Charles Pascault. During O'Donnell's ownership the B and O Railroad constructs a line through the area.
1833/02/21 James Sykes Owner James Sykes purchases the mill from Columbus O'Donnell.
1834/03/17 James Sykes Owner James and Mary Sykes sell the 25 acre mill property to his father, John Sykes, for $25,000. James Sykes lives in Anne Arundel County, near Sykesville, and operates the mill after selling it to his father.
1845/00/00 James Sykes Owner James Sykes builds a stone cotton mill on the property. The surviving stone domestic building was probably workers' housing for the Howard Cotton Factory.
1850/00/00 James Sykes Owner Sykes cotton mill uses 600 barrels of cotton, 43 tons of coal, and 485 gallons of oil a year to produce 420,000 yards of cotton duck valued at $37,500. The mill, operated with water power, employs 33 men and 31 women to operate 1000 spindles and 32 looms.
1856/01/10 James Sykes mortgages the mill for $10,000, no doubt to coverdebts. Several months later, he will turn the property over to trustees.
1868/07/00 The Patapsco River floods, wiping out the town of Sykesville and putting the mill out of business.
1901/00/00 Former Maryland Governor who had lived nearby at "Springfield" in Carroll County, Frank Brown, buys Sykes Mill.
1909/00/00 Wade H D Warfield, a prominent Sykesville businessman who bought the property from Frank Brown, erects a 3.5 story mill (lost) and 6-story grain elevator (lost).

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Particulars for Howard Cotton Factory:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility




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