Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City is a historic home and former orphanage building located at Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland.
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| Location | 24 E. Church St., Frederick, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°24′54″N 77°24′34″W / 39.41500°N 77.40944°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1824 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000580[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 10, 1972 |
It is an imposing 2+1⁄2-story Federal Flemish bond brick mansion with a sloping gable roof. The small addition on the east end of the house served as an office for the original owner, John Baltzell, M.D. (1774–1854). The house's third owner, John Loats (first president of the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad, headquartered in Frederick.), established in his will of 1879, the Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City. It currently serves as headquarters to the Historical Society of Frederick County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (January 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Historical Society of Frederick County" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loat's Orphanage.
- The Historical Society of Frederick County, Frederick County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Loat's Female Orphan Home, 24 East Church Street, Frederick, Frederick, MD at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)