National Register of Historic Places - Maryland (MD), Carroll County

Carroll County Maryland (Historic Districts) has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chambers, Whitakker, Farm, Linwood Historic District, Union Mills Homestead Historic District and Westminster Historic District and Lineboro Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Susquehannock and English Quaker dating back to 1650.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Carroll County historic places including Whitakker Chambers and John Shultz Shriver.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Carroll County places including Andrew Shriver, David Schriver, William Winchester, Joseph Wolfe, Jackson C. Cott, E. Francis Baldwin, Gott, Jackson, et al. and T.H. Eckenrode. Prominent architectural styles found in Carroll Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Late Victorian.

Chambers, Whitakker, Farm (added 1988 - #88001824)

E. Saw Mill Rd. , Westminster

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Chambers,Whitakker

Significant Year:

1941

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Lineboro Historic District (added 1996 - #96001350)

Also known as CARR-1029

Main St, Church to Mill Sts. , Lineboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Fire Station, Hotel, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Linwood Historic District (added 1980 - #80001801)

McKinstry's Mill Rd. , Linwood

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Politics/Government, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Industry, Commerce, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Susquehannock, English Quaker

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling

McKinstry's Mills Historic District (added 1997 - #97000338)

Also known as CARR-1486

1494, 1498, and 10904 McKinstry's Mill Rd., 4500 and 4504 Sam's Creek Rd. , Union Bridge

Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wolfe,Joseph

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing Site, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Mount Airy Historic District (added 1984 - #84001589)

Roughly Main, Church, Maple, Park, Hill, and Warfield Sts. , Mount Airy

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

New Windsor Historic District (added 1997 - #97000925)

Also known as CARR-1494

Roughly bounded by Park, and Springdale Aves., New Windsor Rd., Lambert Ave., Coe Dr., and Maine St. , New Windsor

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Roop's Mill (added 2008 - #08000796)

Also known as CARR-101; Brookside Place

1001, 1019 Taneytown Pike , Westminster

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Federal, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Pedestrian Related, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

Sykesville Historic District (added 1985 - #85002498)

Also known as Sykesville

Main St.,eld, Norwood & Mellor Aves. , Sykesville

Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Baldwin,E. Francis

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Taneytown Historic District (added 1986 - #86002850)

Also known as See Also:Rudisel, Ludwick, Tannery House

MD 140 and 194 , Taneytown

Pubdog, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Eckenrode,T.H.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Union Bridge Historic District (added 1994 - #94000820)

Also known as Union Bridge;CARR-1317;See Also:Union Bridge Station

Roughly bounded by Bellevue, E. Locust, Buttersburg Alley, Church, Whyte, W. Locust and the Western Maryland RR tracks , Union Bridge

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gott, Jackson, et al., Wolfe, Joseph

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Union Mills Homestead Historic District (added 1971 - #71000371)

Also known as Shriver Homestead

Jct. of U.S. 140 and Deep Run Rd. , Westminster

Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schriver,David, Shriver,Andrew

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Shriver,John Shultz,et al.

Area of Significance:

Military, Transportation, Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Post Office, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation

Uniontown Historic District (added 1986 - #86000059)

Also known as Uniontown;See Also:Weaver-Fox House;Uniontown Academy

Uniontown and Trevanion Rds. , Uniontown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Warfield Complex, Hubner, and T Buildings (added 2000 - #00001271)

Springfield Hospital Center , Sykesville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Sanatorium

Current Function:

Education, Government, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Clinic, Government Office, Medical Business/Office, School

Western Maryland College Historic District (added 1976 - #76000985)

W. Main and College Sts. , Westminster

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Single Dwelling

Westminster Historic District (added 1980 - #80001804)

MD 32 and MD 97 , Westminster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Winchester,William

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Georgian, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling