Franklintown's Historic Roots
The Gwynns Falls Trail begins near Franklintown at the abrupt end of Interstate 70 and passes by two of the community's landmarks, a mill and an inn. The gristmill operated on Dead Run from 1761 to 1934. Franklintown Inn accommodated patrons of a racetrack established by William H. Freeman, an 1800s entrepreneur who also was involved in building Franklin Turnpike and planning a Victorian cottage suburb called Franklin Towne. Though it became a part of Baltimore City in 1918, Franklintown never lost its rural roots and sense of place. Residents helped stop the East-West Expressway (1-70) from running through their community and Leakin Park in the 1960s-70s.
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Franklintown gristmill - now a private home - in 1934.
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The milldam on Dead Run (below), a tributary of the Gwynns Falls, in 1901.
Marker is at the intersection of Security Boulevard (Maryland Route 122) and Old Ingleside Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Security Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
