Schoolridge Farm

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Schoolridge Farm
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LocationFairmount Rumbley Road (MD 361), Upper Fairmount, Maryland
Coordinates 38°5′53″N75°48′19″W / 38.09806°N 75.80528°W / 38.09806; -75.80528
Area14.9 acres (6.0 ha)
Built1780 (1780)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 84001876 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984

The Schoolridge Farm, also known as School House Ridge, is a historic home located at Upper Fairmount, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story two-bay side-hall / double pile Flemish bond brick house with a steeply pitched wood shingle roof, built about 1780. Attached to the house is a one-story frame kitchen wing and 1+12-story, three-bay frame addition. Also on the property is a 19th-century frame smokehouse, modern utility building and a screened-in gazebo. [2]

The Schoolridge Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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. Paul Touart (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Schoolridge Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.