William and Catherine Biggs Farm
William and Catherine Biggs Farm | |
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| Location | 8212 Sixes Bridge Rd., Detour, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°37′41.4″N 77°17′14.6″W / 39.628167°N 77.287389°W |
| Area | 17 acres (6.9 ha) |
| Built | 1793 |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001197[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 2001 |
The William and Catherine Biggs Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Detour, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The complex consists of a stone house, a stone outbuilding / summer kitchen, a frame bank barn, and an early-20th-century concrete block barn, dairy building, and silo. The house is a two-story, five-by-two-bay structure with a three-by-two-bay, two-story rear wing. It is built primarily of rubble stone.[2]
The William and Catherine Biggs Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kenneth M. Short (December 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: William and Catherine Biggs Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
- William and Catherine Biggs Farm, Carroll County, including photo in 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust
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- Houses completed in 1793
- Art Deco architecture in Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Maryland
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