Friendship Valley Farm
Encyclopedia
Friendship Valley Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Westminster
, Carroll County
, Maryland
, United States
. It was established in the late 18th century. About that time a -story "T"-shaped main house was built of brick on a stone foundation. It was later expanded to its current "H" shape. One of the small log cabins
still standing near the house was once a slave cabin. It was later used as a smoke house. Also on the property is a large brick wash-house and summer kitchen built in 1860, with a bell tower
on the roof.
Friendship Valley Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1977.
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 established in the late 18th century. About that time a -story "T"-shaped main house was built of brick on a stone foundation. It was later expanded to its current "H" shape. One of the small log cabins
Log home
A log home is structurally identical to a log cabin...
still standing near the house was once a slave cabin. It was later used as a smoke house. Also on the property is a large brick wash-house and summer kitchen built in 1860, with a bell tower
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
on the roof.
Friendship Valley Farm 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 1977.
External links
- Friendship Valley Farm, Carroll County, including photo from 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust