Caves Valley Historic District


Caves Valley Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Blendon Estate barn in 1989

Nearest city	Owings Mills, Maryland
Coordinates	39°26′30″N 76°44′53″W / 39.44167°N 76.74806°W / 39.44167; -76.74806Coordinates: 39°26′30″N 76°44′53″W / 39.44167°N 76.74806°W / 39.44167; -76.74806
Area	2,100 acres (850 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian, Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference #	88001859^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 20, 1988

Caves Valley Historic District is a national historic district near Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located in a natural upland valley encompassing about 2,100 acres (8.5 km²) along the North Branch of the Jones Falls and its contributing courses. It includes cultivated fields, pastures, woodlands, streams, housing clusters, and agricultural structures. The vernacular buildings are log, stone, and frame, reflecting the local materials and functional plans of rural locations in the 18th and 19th centuries.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

House built with logs, stone and frame sections

The Irvine Nature Center moved from its original location in Stevenson to a property here in 2008.

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Janet L. Davis (April 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caves Valley Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

Caves Valley Historic District, Baltimore County, including photo dated 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Caves Valley Historic District, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-994, "Blendon Estate, 11747 Park Heights Avenue, Owings Mills vicinity, Baltimore County, MD", 1 photo, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. MD-994-A, "Blendon Estate, Tenant House", 11 photos, 12 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
HABS No. MD-994-B, "Blendon Estate, Barn", 16 photos, 12 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types

Lists by county	Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore County Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George's Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester

Lists by city	Baltimore: (Central North and Northwest West and Southwest East and Northeast South and Southeast)

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Portal:National Register of Historic Places

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