At the Union Mills Homestead, you will step back to an earlier era of Maryland rural living. The center portion of the historic Homestead was built in 1797, and expanded over the years that followed by the six generations of the Shriver family that lived here. From kitchen implements to fireplaces, furniture to musical instruments, the old home looks much as if the family stepped out for the day and reflects the evolution in Maryland rural life over a period of 160 years.
In the Shriver Grist Mill, learn how earlier generations harvested their crops and turned grains into flour and meal to provide nourishment for survival. Although Union Mills was an early industrial complex, life in late eighteenth and nineteenth century rural Maryland meant being a farmer, too. The family at Union Mills was largely self-sustaining for much of the six generations that lived here.
The Union Mills Homestead preserves the authentic atmosphere of Maryland rural life, looking back over more than 200 years.