Darlington Historic District

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Darlington Historic District
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LocationMain St., Shuresville Rd., Quaker Ln., Richmond Ave., and Trappe Church Rd., Darlington, Maryland
Coordinates 39°38′23″N76°12′3″W / 39.63972°N 76.20083°W / 39.63972; -76.20083
Area250 acres (100 ha)
Architect Cope, Walter; et al.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Art Deco, English Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 87001571 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1987

Darlington Historic District is a national historic district at Darlington, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It includes approximately 100 small-scale structures in the village of Darlington. They include four churches including the Darlington United Methodist Church and the Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse, a dozen shops and stores, barns/garages, meathouses, chicken houses, and other outbuildings, a lodge hall, a grammar school, a cemetery, and three working farms. They date particularly from the late 19th century through the early 20th century. [2]

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Christopher Weeks (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Darlington Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2017-07-20.