Fat Oxen
Appearance
Fat Oxen | |
Location | North of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1775 |
Architectural style | Georgian, Georgian vernacular |
NRHP reference No. | 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
- Fat Oxen, Frederick County, including photo in 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust
Categories:
- English-American culture in Maryland
- Houses completed in 1775
- Georgian architecture in Maryland
- Houses in Frederick County, Maryland
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland
- Frederick County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs