Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland)

Mt. Pleasant, also known as the Clemson Family Farm, is a historic home located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-bay by two-bay, 2+1⁄2-story brick structure with a gable roof and built about 1815. Also on the property is a brick wash house, a hewn mortised-and-tenoned-and-pegged timber-braced frame wagon shed flanked by corn cribs, and various other sheds and outbuildings. It was the home farm of the Farquhar family, prominent Quakers of Scotch-Irish descent[2] who were primarily responsible for the establishment of the Pipe Creek Settlement.[3]

Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland)
Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland) is located in the United States
Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland)
Location200 W. Locust Street (Bucher John Road), Union Bridge, Maryland
Coordinates39°34′16.4″N 77°11′6.3″W
Area207.9 acres (84.1 ha)
Built1815 (1815)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.98001260[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1998

Mt. Pleasant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Scharf, J. Thomas (1968). History of western Maryland : being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest period to the present day ; including biographical sketches of their representative men. Baltimore, Maryland: Regional Publishing Company. p. 790. ISBN 9780806345659. OCLC 444161. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  3. Kenneth M. Short (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mt. Pleasant" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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