Heighe House is a historic home complex and national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 at Bel Air, Harford County

Harford County, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. The complex consists of a Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival architecture

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, -story stone main house built on and incorporating the stone foundations of the Moores Mill, built in 1745; a -story frame chauffeur's cottage; garage; and a -story stone and frame guest house. They are all located on a steeply sloping 17 acres (68,796.6 m²) site along Bynum Run. The property was developed in 1928 as a country estate for Anne McElderry Heighe (d. 1953), a woman widely regarded as the "first lady of Maryland racing."

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1990.

External links

• Heighe House, Harford County, including photo dated 1990, at Maryland Historical Trust