Finney Houses Historic District

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Finney Houses Historic District
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Finney Houses Historic District in 2007
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LocationGlenville Rd. near its junction with Maryland Route 155, Churchville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°34′20″N76°14′20″W / 39.57222°N 76.23889°W / 39.57222; -76.23889
Area200 acres (81 ha)
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectParker & Thomas
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 89000502 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1989

Finney Houses Historic District is a national historic district near Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It stretches along both sides of Glenville Road in central Harford County, Maryland. The district takes in four houses and their outbuildings erected by members of the locally important Finney family between 1821 and 1906. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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. Christopher Weeks (February 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Finney Houses Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.