Worthington Valley Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

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 in Reisterstown

Reisterstown, Maryland

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, Baltimore County

Baltimore County, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a largely rural district where the earliest standing structures date from the very end of the 18th century. Horse breeding and racing is a very large and lucrative business in the valley. Since 1922, Snow Hill and Worthington Farms have been the scene of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase

Steeplechase

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. Located next to it is the Western Run-Belfast Road Historic District

Western Run-Belfast Road Historic District

Western Run-Belfast Road Historic District is a national historic district at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a largely agricultural area was first settled in the 18th century and is a natural extension of the Worthington Valley Historic District...

.

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 1976.

External links

• Worthington Valley Historic District, Baltimore County, including photo dated 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Boundary Map of the Worthington Valley Historic District, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust