Hopewell (Union Bridge, Maryland)

Hopewell is a set of historic homes and farm complexes located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It consists of four related groupings of 19th century farm buildings. The Hopewell complex consists of two historic farms: Hopewell and the smaller F.R. Shriner (Sam's Creek) Farm.[2]

Hopewell
Main house
Hopewell (Union Bridge, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Hopewell (Union Bridge, Maryland)
Hopewell (Union Bridge, Maryland) is located in the United States
Hopewell (Union Bridge, Maryland)
Location14122 Pearre Road, Union Bridge, Maryland
Coordinates39°31′31.9″N 77°10′12.85″W
Area257.3 acres (104.1 ha)
Built byClemson, James; Pearre, Oliver
NRHP reference No.80001803[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1980

Hopewell's two-story main house dates from 1818. It has the distinction of having the first interior bathroom installed in Frederick County outside the City of Frederick. The main farm also contains a stone dairy, a frame privy, a frame carriage house, a frame workshop, a brick smokehouse, a brick bake oven, an ice house, and a frame Pennsylvania barn. There are two tenant complexes associated with Hopewell.[2]

The F.R. Shriner Farm lies in Carroll County and consists of a brick two-story house on a raised coursed marble foundation, two smokehouses, an outhouse, a Pennsylvania barn, two corrugated iron silos, a double corncrib-wagon shed, two modern feed/storage buildings, a chicken coop, garage, work shed, piggery, and tractor shed.[2]

Hopewell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

  • Main house in 1977
    Main house in 1977
  • Barn
    Barn

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mark R. Edwards and W. Peter Pearre (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hopewell" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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