Kefauver Place

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Kefauver Place
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Location20515 Park Hall Rd., Rohrersville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°27′1″N77°39′14″W / 39.45028°N 77.65389°W / 39.45028; -77.65389
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 05000908 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 2005

Kefauver Place is a historic farm complex located at Rohrersville, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It includes a log cabin built about 1820; a log barn of about 1830 with later-19th-century additions; a 19th-century timber-framed corn crib; a two-story brick house constructed around 1880; an early-20th-century masonry root cellar; and a frame summer kitchen, hog pen, chicken house, and garage all dating from about 1930. Also on the property are two fieldstone spring enclosures. It is located on a 21-acre (85,000 m2) property. [2]

Kefauver Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [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. Edwin R. Itnyre (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kefauver Place" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.