Cover's Tannery
National Register of Historic Places

Cover's Tannery

Keymar, Carroll County, Maryland
Listed
September 26, 2019
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
100004486

About this property

Cover's Tannery is a historic tannery complex located at Keymar, Carroll County, Maryland. The complex consists of a house and bank barn built between 1790 and 1830. Also on the property is a frame summer kitchen.

Location

626 Francis Scott Key Hwy.
Keymar, Carroll County, Maryland
39.59277, -77.24071

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 100004486. It was listed on September 26, 2019.

Categories

ARCHITECTUREINDUSTRY
Sources

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

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Questions about this property

When was Cover's Tannery listed on the National Register?

Cover's Tannery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 2019.

What type of historic resource is Cover's Tannery?

Cover's Tannery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cover's Tannery?

The period of significance for Cover's Tannery is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1790.

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