Iglehart

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LocationMD 178, Iglehart, Maryland
Coordinates 39°0′37″N76°34′4″W / 39.01028°N 76.56778°W / 39.01028; -76.56778 Coordinates: 39°0′37″N76°34′4″W / 39.01028°N 76.56778°W / 39.01028; -76.56778
Builtc. 1830
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 73000896 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973

Iglehart is a historic home at Iglehart, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+12-story Greek Revival-style frame house with a gable roof, built about 1830. Its owner, Leonard Iglehart, served as a commissioner for the primary schools in Anne Arundel County from 1834 until 1838. He was also one of the six original commissioners of the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, which was incorporated by an act of the Maryland General Assembly in December 1836. [2]

Iglehart was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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Iglehart is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Iglehart was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. J. Richard Riviore and William Morgan (January 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Iglehart" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.