Union Mills Homestead Historic District
Union Mills Homestead Historic District is a national historic district at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. Description. The homestead comprises a dwelling house, a grist mill, and a Bollman-design bridge. History. The Shriver Homestead was built in 1797 by Andrew and David Shriver and has been continually occupied by the family. The mill, also built 1797, is a large brick structure, built of locally manufactured brick laid in both Flemish bond and common bond. On June 30, 1863, General J.E.B. Stuart of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia camped at Union Mills and  was hosted by part of the Shriver family. On the following day, General James Barnes of the 5th Corps of the Army of the Potomac arrived on the site and welcomed and entertained by other members of the family. Union Mills was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The Union Mills Homestead was home to the Shriver family for 6 generations. It is currently a historic landmark located near Westminster, Maryland, about 17 miles south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Homestead is now a museum of American culture, operated by the Union Mills Homestead Foundation, a non -profit foundation with all proceeds dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Union Mills Homestead Complex. The building of the Shriver homestead. The following passage is excerpted from "Union Mills: The Shriver Homestead Since 1797" by Frederic Shriver Klein: