Mount Airy, also known as Grove Farm, is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick house, built about 1821 with elements of the Federal and Greek Revival styles. Also on the property are a probable 1820s one-story gable-roofed brick structure that has been extensively altered over time, a late-19th-century frame barn with metal roof ventilators, a 2-story frame tenant house built about 1900, and a mid-20th-century cinder block animal shed. It was used as a hospital for Confederate and Union soldiers following the Battle of Antietam. On October 3, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan visited Mount Airy, an event recorded photographically by Alexander Gardner.[2]
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| Nearest city | Sharpsburg, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°26′55″N 77°46′4″W / 39.44861°N 77.76778°W |
| Area | 29.9 acres (12.1 ha) |
| Built | 1821 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001550[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 10, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Gallery
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President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and group of officers at Grove Farm
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ronald L. Andrews (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Airy" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
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Media related to Mount Airy (Sharpsburg, Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons- Mount Airy, Washington County, including photo from 1992, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-954, "Grove Farm, House, Sharpsburg vicinity, Washington County, MD", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. MD-954-A, "Grove Farm, Barn", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. MD-954-B, "Grove Farm, Dependency", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
