Millersville in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Kinder Farm Ice House
Henry Kinder Sr. built this ice house about 1910, shortly after buying this farm and moving from Curtis Bay to Millersville.
Ice house was refurbished by Dave Barry, A Friend of Kinder Farm Park.
There was always a need for a cool place to store meats, eggs, milk and canned goods.
Ice was likely stored in this building in the upstairs and food items downstairs.
These walls form an insulated storage bin within the ice house building. Ice is stacked inside the bin and covered with sawdust and straw insulation.
The boards in the center section of the ice wall are removed to load ice.
Ice is lifted and dragged with the large hooks or tongs hanging from the walls.
The ice pile cools the room below where milk or other perishables are stored. As the ice melts the water drains across the floor and through the hole to the left.
Ice in the ice house can remain frozen util late Spring.
By the 1940's when indoor refrigeration was available the ice house kept a few foods but was mostly used for storage of medicines needed for animal care.
Erected by Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture
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Location. 39° 5.951′ N, 76° 34.999′ W. Marker is in Millersville, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. Marker can be reached from Gali Sanchez Way, 0.2 miles south of Kinder Farm Park Road, on the left when traveling south. The display is inside the Kinder Farm Ice House, which is an open-air structure. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 139 Gali Sanchez Way, Millersville MD 21108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Kinder Farmhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Sawmill (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tobacco Barn (about 500 feet away); Earleigh Heights Store (approx. ¾ mile away); Frost's Store and Post Office (approx. ¾ mile away); Governor William Stone (approx. 1.7 miles away); Shipley’s Choice (approx. 2 miles away); Freetown (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millersville.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 8, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
