Taylorstown Historic District

Taylorstown is a tiny mill village beside Catoctin Creek in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, set among farmland at the foot of Catoctin Mountain. The 61-acre district includes a late eighteenth-century fieldstone mill, now a residence, and Hunting Hill, a stone house traditionally dated to 1737 that follows a German plan despite its Quaker setting. Other buildings include the stone cottage Foxton, a ca. 1800 frame store later used as a theatre and garage, Mann's Store of 1904 with concrete walls scored to imitate ashlar, and two ca. 1900 Victorian houses with sawn porch trim. The settlement grew after Thomas Taylor bought the mill in 1784 and sold off small lots nearby. The mill last operated in 1958. The district was recognised because the village keeps an unusually intact historic character, with few modern intrusions, varied vernacular architecture, and well-kept yards set in open pastoral scenery.