Oakwood (Harwood, Maryland)
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| Location | 4566 Solomons Island Rd., Harwood, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°51′25.87″N 76°37′4.11″W / 38.8571861°N 76.6178083°WCoordinates: 38°51′25.87″N 76°37′4.11″W / 38.8571861°N 76.6178083°W |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 2001 |
Oakwood is a historic house at Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built in the 1850s and is a 2 1⁄2-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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Sherri M. Marsh (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Oakwood" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
- Oakwood, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
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