page_title: Bancroft Mills
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bancroft Mills / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting attributed to Thomas Doughty
context_page_description: Bancroft Mills was an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine.
caption: "Gilpin's Mill on the Brandywine" attributed to Thomas Doughty circa 1827
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