National Register of Historic Places

Carroll County Almshouse and Farm

Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
Listed
December 4, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000878

About this property

Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, also known as the Carroll County Farm Museum, is a historic farm complex located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. It consists of a complex of 15 buildings including the main house and dependencies. The 30-room brick main house was originally designed and constructed for use as the county almshouse. It is a long, three-story, rectangular structure, nine bays wide at the first- and second-floor levels of both front and rear façades. It features a simple frame cupola sheltering a farm bell. A separate two-story brick building with 14 rooms houses the original summer kitchen, wash room, and baking room, and may have once housed farm and domestic help. Also on the property is a brick, one-story dairy with a pyramidal roof dominated by a pointed finial of exaggerated height with Victorian Gothic "icing" decorating the eaves; a large frame and dressed stone bank barn; and a blacksmith's shop, spring house, smokehouse, ice house, and numerous other sheds and dependencies all used as a part of the working farm museum activities. The original Carroll County Almshouse was founded in 1852 and the Farm Museum was established in 1965. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Location

500 S. Center St.
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
39.55891, -76.99535

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When was Carroll County Almshouse and Farm listed on the National Register?

Carroll County Almshouse and Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Carroll County Almshouse and Farm?

Carroll County Almshouse and Farm is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Carroll County Almshouse and Farm?

The period of significance for Carroll County Almshouse and Farm is recorded as the industrial era.

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