Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Myersville, Maryland, Frederick County. It consists of a mid-19th-century, Greek Revival farmhouse and 13 related buildings and structures. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story stone center-passage house on a limestone foundation, with a 1+1⁄2-story kitchen wing and 18-inch-thick (460 mm) walls. The house was built between 1840 and 1850. Also on the property is an 1881 tenant house with corresponding barn, spring house, and washhouse / privy; an 1884–1897 bank barn; a pre-1830 granary; a 19th-century wood shed; late-19th-century hog pen / chicken house; a pre-1830 beehive oven; a late-19th-century smokehouse; a spring house with a Late Victorian cottage addition; and early-20th-century concrete block milk house; and a log summer kitchen of unknown date. The Grossnickel family was a German American family who were instrumental in the establishment of the Grossnickel Church of the Brethren.[2]
Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm | |
 Grossnickel farm in winter 2012 | |
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| Location | 11720 Wolfsville Rd., Myersville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°33′25″N 77°31′38″W / 39.55694°N 77.52722°W |
| Area | 32 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000944[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 31, 1998 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Elizabeth Jo Lampl (February 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
edit- Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm, Frederick County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust