Steve Dryden - Peirce Mill: Two Hundred Years in the Nation's Capital

June 19, 2010 - 1:00pm
June 19, 2010 - 2:00pm

Established by Pennsylvania Quakers, Peirce Mill was in operation before the Revolutionary War and continued to be used to grind corn, wheat, and other grains until the 1890s. As Dryden, a preservationist and environmental activist, recounts in this history of the mill, the waterwheel was repaired in the 1930s and restoration of the building continues, with the goal of making the Rock Creek landmark an educational facility.

After the talk and Q&A, Mr. Dryden will lead interested participants out the back door of the store to Rock Creek Park, which is literally right across the parking lot. He will take us for a walk down along Broad Branch Creek to the Peirce Mill, where we will have a tour of the restoration. This will take about two hours, after which The Friends of Peirce Mill will offer shuttle rides back to P&P with an estimated return by about 4 p.m. Please join us!

Peirce Mill: Two Hundred Years in the Nation's Capital (Paperback)

By Steve Dryden
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780976090557
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Friends of Peirce Mill, 11/01/2009
Location: 
Politics and Prose
5015 Connecticut Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20008

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