Fat Oxen

Fat Oxen
Fat Oxen, September 2010
Location North of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°WCoordinates: 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W
Built 1775
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Georgian, Other
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

79001133

[1]
Added to NRHP May 21, 1979

Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1 1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans.[2]

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Properties in Frederick County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-12-14.

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