Fat Oxen

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Fat Oxen
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Fat Oxen, September 2010
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LocationNorth of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates 39°20′0.45″N77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1775 (1775)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No. 79001133 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1979

Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans. [2]

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] Natelli Communities was one of the entities that helped preserve the Fat Oxen which is now used as a community clubhouse. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. Wolfrom, Jessica (2021-04-08). "A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  4. aroberts@newspost.com, Angela Roberts (2022-05-12). "Artists invited to create historic imaginations of Urbana's Fat Oxen during paint-out". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2023-11-05.