William and Catherine Biggs Farm

Summary

The William and Catherine Biggs Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Detour, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The complex consists of a stone house, a stone outbuilding / summer kitchen, a frame bank barn, and an early-20th-century concrete block barn, dairy building, and silo. The house is a two-story, five-by-two-bay structure with a three-by-two-bay, two-story rear wing. It is built primarily of rubble stone.[2]

William and Catherine Biggs Farm
William and Catherine Biggs Farm is located in Maryland
William and Catherine Biggs Farm
William and Catherine Biggs Farm is located in the United States
William and Catherine Biggs Farm
Location8212 Sixes Bridge Rd., Detour, Maryland
Coordinates39°37′41.4″N 77°17′14.6″W / 39.628167°N 77.287389°W / 39.628167; -77.287389
Area17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built1793 (1793)
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.01001197[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 2001

The William and Catherine Biggs Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kenneth M. Short (December 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: William and Catherine Biggs Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links edit

  • William and Catherine Biggs Farm, Carroll County, including photo in 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust