National Register of Historic Places

200-208 Decatur Street

Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Listed
July 6, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Modern
Ref No.
75000859

About this property

200, 202, 204, 206 and 208 Decatur Street are adjoining rowhouses in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. The houses were built in the 1840s or early 1850s. The houses are of a type that, while common elsewhere in Maryland, were not extensively built in Cumberland, in which individual and semi-detached houses were more common. The houses exhibit plain but consistent detailing of a neoclassical nature. 200-208 Decatur Street, Allegany County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

Location

200, 202, 204, 206, 208 Decatur St.
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
39.65537, -78.75843

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was 200-208 Decatur Street listed on the National Register?

200-208 Decatur Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 1975.

What type of historic resource is 200-208 Decatur Street?

200-208 Decatur Street is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for 200-208 Decatur Street is recorded as the modern era.

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