Photo: Jerry Jackson, permission from Baltimore Sun Media. Main Street in Ellicott City is seen from above the day after a flash flood devastated the historic city on the Patapsco River. Rather than workaday folk gathering sundries on Main Street, droves of tourists and preservation enthusiasts now stroll the charming byway to patronize boutique shops and cafés. ![]() It was designated a National Historical Landmark in 1968, and the Main Street area, which retains over 200 historic buildings, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.īut while much has stayed the same, much has also changed since Ellicott Mills’ 19th-century heyday. Today, Wilkins Rogers Mills still processes flours and cornmeal on the old site, and the B&O rail station at Ellicott City is the oldest surviving rail station in the United States. Housing and shops quickly sprang up along the winding street to service residents and visitors. ![]() The mill town flourished in the 1800s and was the first stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Main Line railroad (the first railroad in the United States) beginning in 1831. ![]() All that water power made it the perfect place to build a mill town-as brothers Jonathan and George Ellicott did beginning in 1772. In the aftermath of two “1000-year” floods in three years, can experts, officials, and residents agree on a way to prevent the next big one while preserving this historic town?Įllicott City, Maryland, rests in a steep, narrow valley at the confluence of the Tiber River, its smaller unnamed tributaries, and the much larger Patapsco River.
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