Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex

The Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex is a historic trade school complex located near Buckeystown, Frederick County, Maryland. It consists of thirteen buildings associated with a trade school for boys from poor families that operated from 1898 to 1944. The complex centers on a 3-story dormitory building built for the school, but also includes the late 18th-century Federal style Buckingham House. The surrounding farm was, uniquely for the area, irrigated. Bordering the Monocacy River, the grounds include several significant late Woodland period archeological sites.[2]

Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex
Buckingham School, April 2009
Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex is located in Maryland
Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex
Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex is located in the United States
Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex
LocationOff Maryland Routes 80 and 85, Buckeystown, Maryland
Coordinates39°18′52″N 77°25′26″W / 39.31444°N 77.42389°W / 39.31444; -77.42389
Area310 acres (130 ha)
Built1750 (1750)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.82002812[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 1982

After the school closed, the property was donated to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. It became a youth camp and then a conference center named after the first bishop ordained in Maryland, the Rev. Claggett.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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