Linwood Historic District (Linwood, Maryland)
Encyclopedia
Linwood Historic District is a national historic district
at Linwood
, Carroll County
, Maryland
, United States
. The district includes a mixture of railway structures (grain elevator
, freight station, site of demolished Western Maryland Railway
station
), community structures (general store
s, post office, church, Sunday School hall/schoolhouse, site of blacksmith
shop) and residences with rural dependencies (smokehouse
s, ice houses, windmill
s, sub-cellars). They date to the 19th and early-20th century and most structures relate to Linwood's role as a rail depot
for the transportation of farm goods and supplies.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
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 Linwood
Linwood, Carroll County, Maryland
Linwood is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The community is home to the Linwood Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-References:...
, Carroll County
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The district includes a mixture of railway structures (grain elevator
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...
, freight station, site of demolished Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland Railway
The Western Maryland Railway was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation. The WM became part of the Chessie System in 1973 and ceased operating its lines...
station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
), community structures (general store
General store
A general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...
s, post office, church, Sunday School hall/schoolhouse, site of blacksmith
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
shop) and residences with rural dependencies (smokehouse
Smokehouse
A smokehouse is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.-History:...
s, ice houses, windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
s, sub-cellars). They date to the 19th and early-20th century and most structures relate to Linwood's role as a rail depot
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
for the transportation of farm goods and supplies.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980.
External links
- Linwood Historic District, Carroll County, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Boundary Map of the Linwood Historic District, Carroll County, at Maryland Historical Trust
