Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland)
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| Nearest city | Westminster, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°35′31″N 77°1′52″W / 39.59194°N 77.03111°WCoordinates: 39°35′31″N 77°1′52″W / 39.59194°N 77.03111°W |
| Built | 1805 |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 85001622[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 1985 |
Meadow Brook Farm, also known as the John Roop Farm or Samuel Roop Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. The complex consists of the Victorian farmhouse and several period outbuildings including an 1809 two-story brick washhouse, brick smokehouse, brick privy, and brick tenant house. The house is a two-story brick structure that was built in the Pennsylvania German style about 1805. It has the typical gable roof, symmetrical façade, and "L"-shaped plan In 1868, the exterior and interior were remodeled to contemporary rural Victorian standards. The house was built during a period of significant immigration of Pennsylvania Germans into Maryland.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Meadow Brook Farm. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
External links
- Meadow Brook Farm, Carroll County, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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