Oakwood (Harwood, Maryland)

Oakwood is a historic house at Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built in the 1850s and is a 2 12-story, frame vernacular farmhouse with Greek Revival influenced details. It is a highly intact, mid-19th-century tobacco plantation dwelling and is associated with Sprigg Harwood, a leader in the failed initiative to have Maryland leave the Union and align with the newly formed Confederate States of America.[2]

Oakwood
Location4566 Solomons Island Rd., Harwood, Maryland
Coordinates38°51′25.87″N 76°37′4.11″W
Built1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.01000820 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 2001

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Sherri M. Marsh (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Oakwood" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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