Springfield Farm (Williamsport, Maryland)

Springfield Farm
Location S of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Maryland
Coordinates 39°35′48″N 77°48′57″W / 39.59667°N 77.81583°W / 39.59667; -77.81583Coordinates: 39°35′48″N 77°48′57″W / 39.59667°N 77.81583°W / 39.59667; -77.81583
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1750 (1750)
NRHP Reference # 74000977[1]
Added to NRHP July 30, 1974

Springfield Farm is a historic home and farm located at Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It was built in three distinct parts, with the center, or original section, dating from the second half of the 18th century. This two-story plus attic beaded clapboard house is five bays wide with an entrance in the center bay of both the first and second stories on the east façade. The property includes a springhouse and stillhouse both of rough fieldstone, and several smaller buildings. It was a home of Revolutionary War General Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

The farm's barn was purchased by the Town of Williamsport, which now operates the Williamsport Town Museum in the former milk parlor.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Ann Hill and Nancy Miller (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Springfield Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. "Springfield Farm and Museum". Town of Williamsport. Retrieved 16 November 2014.


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