Fat Oxen

Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1 12-story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans.[2]

Fat Oxen
Fat Oxen, September 2010
LocationNorth of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1775 (1775)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.79001133[1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1979

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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