Burkittsville Historic District

Historic district in Maryland, United States

United States historic place


Burkittsville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


39°23′31″N 77°37′39″W / 39.39194°N 77.62750°W / 39.39194; -77.62750
Area	300 acres (120 ha)
Built	1790 (1790)
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	75000891^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1975

The Burkittsville Historic District comprises the small town of Burkittsville, Maryland. Located at a crossroads in western Frederick County, the town is a consistent collection of early 19th-century Federal style houses mixed with a few Victorian style houses that has remained virtually unchanged since 1900. The town is surrounded on three sides by an open, farmed landscape, and nestles against South Mountain on its western side.^[2]

The town was involved in a number of Civil War actions, including the Battle of Crampton's Gap in 1862.

The Burkittsville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Lawrence A. Way; Rev. H. Austin Cooper; Walton D. Stowell; Barbara Winslow & Mary Kay Winslow (May 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Burkittsville Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

Burkittsville Historic District, Frederick County, including 1996 photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Burkittsville Historic District, Frederick County, at Maryland Historical Trust

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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