Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland)

Meadow Brook Farm, also known as the John Roop Farm or Samuel Roop Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. The complex consists of the Victorian farmhouse and several period outbuildings including an 1809 two-story brick washhouse, brick smokehouse, brick privy, and brick tenant house. The house is a two-story brick structure that was built in the Pennsylvania German style about 1805. It has the typical gable roof, symmetrical façade, and L-shaped plan In 1868, the exterior and interior were remodeled to contemporary rural Victorian standards. The house was built during a period of significant immigration of Pennsylvania Germans into Maryland.[2]

Meadow Brook Farm
Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland)
Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland) is located in the United States
Meadow Brook Farm (Westminster, Maryland)
Location1006 Taneytown Pike (MD 140), Westminster, Maryland
Coordinates39°35′31″N 77°1′52″W / 39.59194°N 77.03111°W / 39.59194; -77.03111
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1805 (1805)
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.85001622[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 25, 1985

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

In mid December 2016 the house was vandalized causing an estimated $100,000 worth of damage.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Joe Getty (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Meadow Brook Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. ^ "Vandals sought for $100K in damage at historic house".
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