Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex

The Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex is a historic trade school complex located near Buckeystown, Frederick County, Maryland. It consists of thirteen buildings associated with a trade school for boys from poor families that operated from 1898 to 1944. The complex centers on a 3-story dormitory building built for the school, but also includes the late 18th-century Federal style Buckingham House. The surrounding farm was, uniquely for the area, irrigated. Bordering the Monocacy River, the grounds include several significant late Woodland period archeological sites.[2]

Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex
Buckingham School, April 2009
LocationOff Maryland Routes 80 and 85, Buckeystown, Maryland
Coordinates39°18′52″N 77°25′26″W
Area310 acres (130 ha)
Built1750 (1750)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82002812[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 1982

After the school closed, the property was donated to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. It became a youth camp and then a conference center named after the first bishop ordained in Maryland, the Rev. Claggett.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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