Roberts Inn

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Roberts Inn
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Roberts Inn, January 2011
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Location14610 Frederick Rd., Cooksville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′15.9″N77°01′12.7″W / 39.321083°N 77.020194°W / 39.321083; -77.020194
Area18.6 acres (7.5 ha)
NRHP reference No. 06000661 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 2006

Roberts Inn, is a historic home and farm located at Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland. The complex consists of a 2+12-story stuccoed stone house with a reconstructed log wing built about 1808, and several 19th- to early-20th-century agricultural outbuildings, including a frame bank barn, a frame ground barn, a tile dairy, and a frame silo. The construction of the house coincided with the extension of the National Pike through the Cooksville area. Documentary and architectural evidence supports its use as a turnpike tavern from an early date. Tradition holds that Marquis de Lafayette breakfasted at Roberts Inn during his 1824 tour of America. [2]

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MDOT placard at Roberts Inn

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1] It is located off of Route 144 off the intersection of Route 144 and Route 97.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kenneth M. Short (October 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Roberts Inn" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.