Christian Royer House
Encyclopedia
The Christian Royer House is a historic home located at Westminster
, Carroll County
, Maryland
, United States
. It was built about 1828, and served dual functions as a farmhouse and a Church of the Brethren
meeting house. The house is two stories of brick, with a five-bay
by two-bay main section and a three-bay long central rear wing. The rear wing features a double-tiered inset porch on both sides in the two bays adjoining the main section of the house. Also on the property are a late 19th century corn crib and a large 20th century barn. The features distinguishing this as a meeting house are the double entrance on the main façade, the folding wood-panel partition walls that open to provide single large space and the extensive kitchen facilities.
The Christian Royer House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2006.
Westminster, Maryland
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV...
, Carroll County
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
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. It was built about 1828, and served dual functions as a farmhouse and a Church of the Brethren
Church of the Brethren
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination originating from the Schwarzenau Brethren organized in 1708 by eight persons led by Alexander Mack, in Schwarzenau, Bad Berleburg, Germany. The Brethren movement began as a melding of Radical Pietist and Anabaptist ideas during the...
meeting house. The house is two stories of brick, with a five-bay
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
by two-bay main section and a three-bay long central rear wing. The rear wing features a double-tiered inset porch on both sides in the two bays adjoining the main section of the house. Also on the property are a late 19th century corn crib and a large 20th century barn. The features distinguishing this as a meeting house are the double entrance on the main façade, the folding wood-panel partition walls that open to provide single large space and the extensive kitchen facilities.
The Christian Royer House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2006.
External links
- Christian Royer House, Carroll County, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust