Linwood Historic District (Linwood, Maryland)

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Linwood Historic District
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Franz Farm in the district
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LocationMcKinstry's Mill Rd., Linwood, Maryland
Coordinates 39°33′39″N77°8′30″W / 39.56083°N 77.14167°W / 39.56083; -77.14167
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 80001801 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1980

Linwood Historic District is a national historic district at Linwood, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The district includes a mixture of railway structures (grain elevator, freight station, site of demolished Western Maryland Railway station), community structures (general stores, post office, church, Sunday School hall/schoolhouse, site of blacksmith shop) and residences with rural dependencies (smokehouses, ice houses, windmills, sub-cellars). They date to the 19th and early-20th century and most structures relate to Linwood's role as a rail depot for the transportation of farm goods and supplies. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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. Joseph Getty and Christopher Weeks (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Linwood Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.