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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST (Historic Sites Survey) var.d. MSA SE16-4 Image No: se16-4-0193 Enlarge and print image (73K) |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST (Historic Sites Survey) var.d. MSA SE16-4 Image No: se16-4-0193 Enlarge and print image (73K) |
| NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (6-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places WiuistonMmHistoricDistrict'CAR-352 r\ .• *.• *•%•_ M. Name of Property Continuation Sheet Caroline County, Maryland Section 8 Page_2_ County and State The year following the census, S. Fountain Liden died, and the mill property was involved in an equity settlement for the following twelve years.9 In 1893, testimony was received by the court from various individuals, including the miller Albert Anderson, who started work at the old Potter mill in 1874. All of the respondents stressed that the mill property had depreciated significantly in value since Mr. Liden's death and that it should be sold so that repairs and improvements could be made. In 1893 the court ordered the immediate sale of the premises. An advertisement in the local paper announced the trustee's sale on Saturday, June 10, 1893. The newspaper described the property as GRISTMILL, Mill Site, Mill Pond, and Real Estate, with the improvements thereon, called and known as POTTER MILLS, formerly the property of the late S. Fountain Liden, now deceased....about five miles from Denton, the county seat, and about five Hundred yards from Potter's Landing, containing in all including mill pond, about 100 ACRES, more or less, some 10 acres, more or less of which being cleared land; pond supposed to contain 90 acres, more or less. The improvements consist of TWO NICE RESIDENCES, with Garden and Outbuildings attached. One of the residences is a first class home, with nice barn, stables and garden belong to it. Also three tenant houses. The Mill House and Mill are in No. 1 order, flood-gates, dam, etc. in excellent condition. The mill pond is said to be one of the finest in the county, never having been known to fail. The property is nicely located; schools, churches and stores within sight. Only about five hundred yards from steamboat wharf at Potter's Landing, where there are daily boats to and from Baltimore.10 At the time of the auction, Frederick F. Lyden of Baltimore City was the highest bidder at $4,800.n A little over a year later, in March 1894, the mill property was involved in another court settlement involving the property of Frederick F. Lyden. In June 1894 the court sold the old Potter mill to Willard C. Todd.12 With Willard Todd's purchase the mill entered a new period of productivity. He financed additions to the house and the mill. The two-story addition was attached on the east gable end of the old mill structure, and a grain elevator and large storage bin were installed. Surviving meal bags from the Willard C. Todd's ownership identify the product as "Water Ground, Fine Table Meal" at the "Silver Lake Roller Mills" of Williston, Maryland. The name Potter's Landing had been changed to Williston around the turn of the century with A. J. Willis as the principal land owner. 9 Circuit Court for Caroline County, Meekins vs. Liden, Chancery Case 695, 10 Newspaper clipping submitted as part of court documents, Meekins vs. Liden, No. 695, Caroline County Circuit Court. Research files of Patricia C. Guida. 11 Caroline County Land Record, 60/104, 20 December 1893. 12 Caroline County Land Record, 60/450,12 June 1894. |