Owensville Historic District
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Owensville Historic District is a national historic district
at Owensville
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
. It is located around a small crossroads community located at the intersection of Owensville Road (MD 255
) and Owensville-Sudley Road. It consists of a concentration of historic buildings leading up to and clustered around the intersecting roads. It consists of 27 buildings, including two church complexes, 16 dwellings with their associated domestic outbuildings, and several agricultural buildings, including tobacco barns. Included in the district is the separately listed Christ Church
. Much of the historic building stock dates between 1825 and 1875.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003.
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 Owensville
Owensville, Maryland
Owensville is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States....
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
. It is located around a small crossroads community located at the intersection of Owensville Road (MD 255
Maryland Route 255
Maryland Route 255 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs from Maryland Route 2 in Owensville east to Riverside Drive in Galesville.-Route description:...
) and Owensville-Sudley Road. It consists of a concentration of historic buildings leading up to and clustered around the intersecting roads. It consists of 27 buildings, including two church complexes, 16 dwellings with their associated domestic outbuildings, and several agricultural buildings, including tobacco barns. Included in the district is the separately listed Christ Church
Christ Church (Owensville, Maryland)
Christ Church, or Christ Episcopal Church, West River, is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church at Owensville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a small, board-and-batten church with a long narrow nave, small deep chancel, and an entrance porch on its south side...
. Much of the historic building stock dates between 1825 and 1875.
It was listed on 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 2003.
External links
- Owensville Historic District, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Boundary Map of the Owensville Historic District, Anne Arundel County, at Maryland Historical Trust
