List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland
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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland. There are currently 73 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Maryland. Also included are short lists of former NHLs and of other historic sites of national importance administered by the National Park Service.[1]
Contents
Current NHLs
The NHLs are distributed over 17 of Maryland's 23 counties and its one county-equivalent, the independent city of Baltimore.
For consistency, places are listed by their National Historic Landmark program names.
| [2] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[3] | Location | County | Description |
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| 1 | Accokeek Creek Site | Upload image |
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Accokeek Coordinates missing |
Prince George's | Archaeological site of a palisaded village occupied from ca. A.D. 1300 to ca. 1630 |
| 2 | Army Medical Museum and Library | Upload image |
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Silver Spring Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | This listing presently encompasses a US military medical records and research collection that dates to the 1860s. The original building in Washington, D.C. was demolished in 1969; the collection is now principally with the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The landmark designation is undergoing review. |
| 3 | BALTIMORE (Tug) |
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(#93001613) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States |
| 4 | Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station |
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(#66000906) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Collections of 19th- and 20th-century artifacts related to America's railroads; 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock; 15,000 artifacts; four nineteenth-century buildings, including the historic roundhouse; a mile of historic track |
| 5 | Clara Barton House |
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(#66000037) |
Glen Echo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | Home of Clara Barton; American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian; founder of the American Red Cross |
| 6 | Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge |
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Savage Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Howard | Sole surviving example of the first successful all-metal bridge design to be adopted and consistently used on a railroad | |
| 7 | Brice House |
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(#70000259) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | Preserved 18th century Georgian style brick house |
| 8 | Carrollton Viaduct |
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(#71001032) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Oldest operating railway bridge in the world. |
| 9 | Rachel Carson House |
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(#91002058) |
Silver Spring Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | House where Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962 |
| 10 | Casselmans Bridge, National Road |
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(#66000391) |
Grantsville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Garrett | Bridge built in 1813 on the National Road, the nation's first major public works project |
| 11 | Whittaker Chambers Farm | Upload image |
(#88001824) |
Westminster Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carroll | Farm home of Whittaker Chambers, accuser of Alger Hiss; papers hidden here in a pumpkin led to Hiss's conviction; Chambers wrote Witness, his best-selling autobiography, here |
| 12 | Chase-Lloyd House |
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(#70000260) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | Three-story brick Georgian mansion dating from 1769-1774 |
| 13 | Chestertown Historic District |
(#70000263) |
Chestertown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kent | ||
| 14 | College of Medicine of Maryland |
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(#97001275) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Oldest medical school building in the U.S. |
| 15 | Colonial Annapolis Historic District |
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(#66000383) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000383, and boundary increase NRHP 84003875, in 1984. |
| 16 | USS CONSTELLATION (Frigate) |
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(#66000918) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Constructed in 1854; sloop-of-war, or corvette; second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name |
| 17 | Doughoregan Manor |
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(#71000376) |
Ellicott City Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Howard | Built in 1766; until 1832 home of Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| 18 | EDNA E. LOCKWOOD (Bugeye) |
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(#86000258) |
St. Michaels Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talbot | Built in 1889; Chesapeake Bay bugeye; last working oyster boat of her kind |
| 19 | Ellicott City Station |
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(#68000025) |
Ellicott City Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Howard | |
| 20 | First Unitarian Church |
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(#72001495) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 72001495 |
| 21 | Fort Frederick |
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(#73000939) |
Big Pool Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | NRHP 73000939 |
| 22 | Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory |
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(#85001578) |
Gaithersburg Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery | NRHP 85001578 |
| 23 | Greenbelt, Maryland Historic District |
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(#80004331) |
Greenbelt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Prince George's | |
| 24 | Habre-de-venture |
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(#72001595) |
Port Tobacco Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Charles | NRHP 72001595 |
| 25 | Hammond-Harwood House |
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(#66000384) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000384 |
| 26 | HILDA M. WILLING (Skipjack) |
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(#85001089) |
Tilghman Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talbot | |
| 27 | His Lordship's Kindness |
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(#70000853) |
Rosaryville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Prince George's | NRHP 70000853 |
| 28 | Homewood |
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(#71001033) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 71001033 |
| 29 | KATHRYN (Skipjack) |
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(#85001090) |
Tilghman Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talbot | NRHP 85001090. |
| 30 | Kennedy Farm |
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(#73000941) |
Samples Manor Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Washington | NRHP 73000941. Also known as John Brown's Headquarters. |
| 31 | LIGHTSHIP NO. 116 "CHESAPEAKE" |
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(#80000349) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Built in 1930 at Charleston Drydock & Machine Co; took on the name of whatever station she was anchored at |
| 32 | London Town Publik House |
(#70000262) |
Woodland Beach Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | A county alms house | |
| 33 | J. C. Lore Oyster House |
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(#84003869) |
Solomons Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Calvert | |
| 34 | Maryland Statehouse |
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(#66000385) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000385 |
| 35 | Elmer V. McCollum House | Upload image |
(#76002182) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 76002182 |
| 36 | H. L. Mencken House |
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(#83004384) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | A home of author H. L. Mencken. The house is included in the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District. |
| 37 | Minor Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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(#69000330) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | |
| 38 | Monocacy Battlefield |
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(#66000908) |
Frederick Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Frederick | NRHP 66000908 |
| 39 | Montpelier |
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(#70000852) |
Laurel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Prince George's | NRHP 70000852 |
| 40 | Mount Clare |
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(#70000860) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 70000860 |
| 41 | Mount Royal Station and Trainshed |
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(#73002191) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 73002191. |
| 42 | Mount Vernon Place Historic District |
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(#71001037) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 71001037 |
| 43 | NELLIE CROCKETT (Buy-boat) | Upload image |
(#94001185) |
Georgetown Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kent | Chesapeake Bay oyster buy-boat; built in 1926. |
| 44 | Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal |
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(#66000390) |
Chesapeake City Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cecil | NRHP 66000390 |
| 45 | William Paca House |
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(#71000364) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | |
| 46 | Peale's Baltimore Museum |
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(#66000915) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 66000915 |
| 47 | Phoenix Shot Tower |
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(#69000373) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 69000373 |
| 48 | Edgar Allan Poe House |
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(#71001043) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 71001043 |
| 49 | REBECCA T. RUARK (Skipjack) |
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(#85001095) |
Tilghman Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talbot | |
| 50 | Ira Remsen House |
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(#75002102) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 75002102 |
| 51 | Riversdale Mansion |
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(#73002166) |
Riverdale Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Prince George's | |
| 52 | Henry August Rowland House |
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(#75002098) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | Home of physicist Henry Augustus Rowland. |
| 53 | St. Mary's City Historic District |
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(#69000310) |
St. Marys City Coordinates missing |
St. Mary's | |
| 54 | St. Mary's Seminary Chapel |
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(#71001046) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | |
| 55 | N.S. SAVANNAH (Nuclear Ship) |
(#82001518) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 90000608 | |
| 56 | Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and Gate House |
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(#71000369) |
Towson Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Baltimore County | NRHP 71000369 |
| 57 | Sion Hill |
(#90000608) |
Havre De Grace Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Harford | NRHP 90000608 | |
| 58 | Sotterley |
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(#72001487) |
Hollywood Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
St. Mary's | |
| 59 | Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility |
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(#85002811) |
Greenbelt Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Prince George's | NRHP 85002811 |
| 60 | Star-Spangled Banner Flag House |
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(#69000320) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | House where Mary Young Pickersgill sewed the large Star-Spangled Banner flag of the United States, to fly over Fort McHenry, inspiring the U.S. national anthem. |
| 61 | Peggy Stewart House |
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(#73000887) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 73000887 |
| 62 | USCGC TANEY (Coast Guard cutter) |
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(#88001826) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | |
| 63 | Thomas Point Shoal Light Station |
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(#75000864) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | |
| 64 | Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
(#66000388) |
Relay Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Baltimore County & Howard County | NRHP 66000388. | |
| 65 | USS TORSK (Submarine) |
(#86000090) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 86000090. | |
| 66 | Tulip Hill |
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(#70000261) |
Galesville Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 70000261 |
| 67 | United States Naval Academy |
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(#66000386) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000386. |
| 68 | Washington Aqueduct |
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(#73002123) |
Great Falls, MD and Washington, DC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Montgomery, MD and District of Columbia | Also in District of Columbia |
| 69 | William Henry Welch House |
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(#76002186) |
Baltimore Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of Baltimore | NRHP 76002186. |
| 70 | West St. Mary's Manor |
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(#70000854) |
Drayden Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
St. Mary's | NRHP 70000854 |
| 71 | Whitehall |
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(#66000387) |
Annapolis Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000387 |
| 72 | WILLIAM. B. TENNISON (Buy-Boat) |
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(#80001799) |
Solomons Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Calvert | NRHP 80001799. |
| 73 | Wye House |
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(#70000264) |
Easton Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Talbot |
Historic areas of the NPS in Maryland
National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are ___ of these in Maryland. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state,[4]
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, Monocacy National Battlefield and Thomas Stone National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above (with the latter under its alternative name, Habre de Venture)
The other seven are:
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established[5] | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antietam National Battlefield |  |
August 30, 1890 | Sharpsburg | Washington | |
| 2 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park |  |
Maryland | County | Also included in District of Columbia and West Virginia | |
| 3 | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |  |
Baltimore | City of Baltimore | ||
| 4 | Fort Washington Park | 100px | Fort Washington | Prince George's County | ||
| 5 | Hampton National Historic Site | 100px | Hampton, Maryland | Baltimore County | ||
| 6 | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |  |
Maryland | Washington County | Also included in Virginia and West Virginia | |
| 7 | Piscataway Park |  |
Accokeek | Prince George's County:) |
Former National Historic Landmarks
There is one former NHL, Resurrection Manor, which was demolished in 2002 and subsequently delisted.
| # | Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Date withdrawn | Locality | County | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resurrection Manor |  |
April 15, 1970 | February 17, 2006 | Hollywood vicinity Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
St. Mary's | Demolished in 2002 and replaced by a modern home.[6] |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland
- List of National Historic Landmarks by state
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
- ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ↑ These are listed on p.112-113 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
- ↑ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.
- ↑ NHL webpage on it, for use in article
External links
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- National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
- National Register Information System, National Park Service.
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