Fat Oxen

Fat Oxen

Fat Oxen, September 2010
Location North of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972Coordinates: 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1775 (1775)
Architectural style Georgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP Reference # 79001133[1]
Added to NRHP May 21, 1979

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

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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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