Meadow Brook Farm, also known as the John Roop Farm or Samuel Roop Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. The complex consists of the Victorian farmhouse and several period outbuildings including an 1809 two-story brick washhouse, brick smokehouse, brick privy, and brick tenant house. The house is a two-story brick structure that was built in the Pennsylvania German style about 1805. It has the typical gable roof, symmetrical façade, and L-shaped plan In 1868, the exterior and interior were remodeled to contemporary rural Victorian standards. The house was built during a period of significant immigration of Pennsylvania Germans into Maryland.[2]
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| Location | 1006 Taneytown Pike (MD 140), Westminster, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°35′31″N 77°1′52″W / 39.59194°N 77.03111°W |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | 1805 |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001622[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 1985 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
In mid December 2016 the house was vandalized causing an estimated $100,000 worth of damage.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Joe Getty (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Meadow Brook Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ "Vandals sought for $100K in damage at historic house".
External links
edit- Meadow Brook Farm, Carroll County, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust