Jericho Farm (Kingsville, Maryland)

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Jericho Farm
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Location12230 Jericho Road, Kingsville, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates 39°27′23″N76°23′17″W / 39.45639°N 76.38806°W / 39.45639; -76.38806
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1780
NRHP reference No. 84001352 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984

Jericho Farm is a historic home located near Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, near historic Jerusalem Mill Village. It is a large 2+12-story gable-roofed stone 25 by 30-foot dwelling house. [2]

The house was constructed in two periods: the original dwelling, built circa 1771 consisting of a 2+1⁄2-story, side-passage, double pile house; additions were made in 1780; about 1820, a five-bay, 2+1⁄2-story, center-passage, single pile house was constructed against the south gable of the earlier building. [3]

Jericho 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. March 13, 2009.
  2. Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, February 12, 1782, pp., 3. Miscellaneous Microfiche Files, Special Collection, Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland.
  3. Marie E. McBride; Peter Kurtze; John McGrain (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jericho Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.