Larkin's Hill Farm

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Larkin's Hill Farm
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Larkin's Hill Farm in 1936
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Nearest city Harwood, Maryland
Coordinates 38°53′09″N76°35′47″W / 38.88583°N 76.59639°W / 38.88583; -76.59639
Built1753
NRHP reference No. 69000062 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 1969

Larkin's Hill Farm is a historic home at Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-story gambrel-roofed brick house with a 20th-century wing. In 1683 the estate served as a temporary capital of Maryland. John Larkin, an early Quaker settler in the area, later operated an inn here as a stopping place on the first regular postal route in Maryland, which ran from St. Mary's City to Annapolis. The present brick house was built during the ownership of Lord High Sheriff of Annapolis Captain John Gassaway, the grandson of pioneer politician Colonel Nicholas Gassaway, shortly after his acquisition of the property in 1753. [2]

Larkin's Hill Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Mrs. Preston Parish (May 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Larkin's Hill Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.