List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland. There are currently 76 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Maryland. Also included are short lists of former NHLs and of other historic sites of national importance administered by the National Park Service.[1]
Current NHLs
The NHLs are distributed over 17 of Maryland's 23 counties and its one county-equivalent, the independent city of Baltimore.
For consistency, places are listed by their National Historic Landmark program names.
[2] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[3] | Location | County | Description |
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1 | Accokeek Creek Site | ![]() Accokeek Creek Site |
July 19, 1964 (#66000909) |
Accokeek 38°41′46″N 77°03′07″W |
Prince George's | Archaeological site of a palisaded village occupied from ca. A.D. 1300 to ca. 1630 |
2 | Army Medical Museum and Library | ![]() Army Medical Museum and Library |
January 12, 1965 (#66000854) |
Silver Spring 39°00′32″N 77°03′14″W |
Montgomery | This listing presently encompasses a US military medical records and research collection that dates to the 1860s. The original building in Washington, D.C. was demolished in 1969; the collection is now principally with the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The landmark designation is undergoing review. |
3 | BALTIMORE (Tug) | ![]() BALTIMORE (Tug) |
November 4, 1993 (#93001613) |
Baltimore 39°16′22″N 76°36′01″W |
City of Baltimore | Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States |
4 | Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station | ![]() Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station |
September 15, 1961 (#66000906) |
Baltimore 39°17′01″N 76°37′57″W |
City of Baltimore | Part of oldest American railyard; site of first passenger rail service and first telegraph message. Collections of 19th- and 20th-century artifacts related to America's railroads; 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock; 15,000 artifacts; four nineteenth-century buildings, including the historic roundhouse; a mile of historic track. Larg |
5 | Clara Barton House | ![]() Clara Barton House |
January 12, 1965 (#66000037) |
Glen Echo 38°58′03″N 77°08′28″W |
Montgomery | Home of Clara Barton; American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian; founder of the American Red Cross |
6 | Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge | ![]() Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge |
February 16, 2000 (#72000582) |
Savage 39°08′05″N 76°49′31″W |
Howard | Sole surviving example of the first successful all-metal bridge design to be adopted and consistently used on a railroad |
7 | Brice House | ![]() Brice House |
April 15, 1970 (#70000259) |
Annapolis 38°58′45″N 76°29′14″W |
Anne Arundel | Preserved 18th century Georgian style brick house |
8 | Carrollton Viaduct | ![]() Carrollton Viaduct |
November 11, 1971 (#71001032) |
Baltimore 39°16′24″N 76°39′19″W |
City of Baltimore | Oldest operating railway bridge in the world. |
9 | Rachel Carson House | ![]() Rachel Carson House |
December 4, 1991 (#91002058) |
Silver Spring 39°02′48″N 77°00′03″W |
Montgomery | House where Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962 |
10 | Casselmans Bridge, National Road | ![]() Casselmans Bridge, National Road |
January 29, 1964 (#66000391) |
Grantsville 39°41′48″N 79°08′37″W |
Garrett | Bridge built in 1813 on the National Road, the nation's first major public works project |
11 | Whittaker Chambers Farm | ![]() Whittaker Chambers Farm |
May 17, 1988 (#88001824) |
Westminster 39°39′35″N 76°58′35″W |
Carroll | Farm home of Whittaker Chambers, accuser of Alger Hiss; papers hidden here in a pumpkin led to Hiss's conviction; Chambers wrote Witness, his best-selling autobiography, here |
12 | Chase-Lloyd House | ![]() Chase-Lloyd House |
April 15, 1970 (#70000260) |
Annapolis 38°58′52″N 76°29′18″W |
Anne Arundel | Three-story brick Georgian mansion dating from 1769-1774 |
13 | Chestertown Historic District | ![]() Chestertown Historic District |
April 15, 1970 (#70000263) |
Chestertown 39°12′45″N 76°04′10″W |
Kent | |
14 | College of Medicine of Maryland | ![]() College of Medicine of Maryland |
September 25, 1997 (#97001275) |
Baltimore 39°17′07″N 76°37′25″W |
City of Baltimore | Oldest medical school building in the U.S. |
15 | Colonial Annapolis Historic District | ![]() Colonial Annapolis Historic District |
June 23, 1965 (#66000383) |
Annapolis 38°58′41″N 76°29′29″W |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000383, and boundary increase NRHP 84003875, in 1984. |
16 | USS CONSTELLATION (Frigate) | ![]() USS CONSTELLATION (Frigate) |
May 23, 1963 (#66000918) |
Baltimore 39°17′03″N 76°36′42″W |
City of Baltimore | Constructed in 1854; sloop-of-war, or corvette; second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name |
17 | Doughoregan Manor | ![]() Doughoregan Manor |
November 11, 1971 (#71000376) |
Ellicott City 39°16′36″N 76°53′35″W |
Howard | Built in 1766; until 1832 home of Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence |
18 | EDNA E. LOCKWOOD (Bugeye) | ![]() EDNA E. LOCKWOOD (Bugeye) |
April 19, 1994 (#86000258) |
St. Michaels 38°47′08″N 76°13′10″W |
Talbot | Built in 1889; Chesapeake Bay bugeye; last working oyster boat of her kind |
19 | Ellicott City Station | ![]() Ellicott City Station |
November 24, 1968 (#68000025) |
Ellicott City 39°15′56″N 76°47′43″W |
Howard | |
20 | First Unitarian Church | ![]() First Unitarian Church |
November 7, 1973 (#72001495) |
Baltimore 39°17′36″N 76°36′58″W |
City of Baltimore | |
21 | Fort Frederick | ![]() Fort Frederick |
November 7, 1973 (#73000939) |
Big Pool 39°36′33″N 78°01′17″W |
Washington | |
22 | Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Cottage | January 13, 2021 (#100006277) |
Rockville 39°04′59″N 77°09′44″W |
Montgomery | ||
23 | Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory | ![]() Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory |
December 20, 1989 (#85001578) |
Gaithersburg 39°08′05″N 77°11′57″W |
Montgomery | |
24 | Greenbelt, Maryland Historic District | ![]() Greenbelt, Maryland Historic District |
February 18, 1997 (#80004331) |
Greenbelt 39°00′10″N 76°53′28″W |
Prince George's | |
25 | Habre-de-venture | ![]() Habre-de-venture |
November 11, 1971 (#72001595) |
Port Tobacco 38°31′43″N 77°01′54″W |
Charles | Now the Thomas Stone National Historic Site. |
26 | Hammond-Harwood House | ![]() Hammond-Harwood House |
October 9, 1960 (#66000384) |
Annapolis 38°58′52″N 76°29′18″W |
Anne Arundel | |
27 | HILDA M. WILLING (Skipjack) | ![]() HILDA M. WILLING (Skipjack) |
April 19, 1994 (#85001089) |
Tilghman 38°42′40″N 76°19′53″W |
Talbot | |
28 | His Lordship's Kindness | ![]() His Lordship's Kindness |
April 15, 1970 (#70000853) |
Rosaryville 38°46′44″N 76°50′34″W |
Prince George's | Also known as Poplar Hill. |
29 | Homewood | ![]() Homewood |
November 11, 1971 (#71001033) |
Baltimore 39°19′39″N 76°37′09″W |
City of Baltimore | |
30 | KATHRYN (Skipjack) | ![]() KATHRYN (Skipjack) |
April 19, 1994 (#85001090) |
Tilghman Island 38°42′40″N 76°19′53″W |
Talbot | |
31 | Kennedy Farm | ![]() Kennedy Farm |
November 7, 1973 (#73000941) |
Samples Manor 39°22′47″N 77°42′56″W |
Washington | Headquarters for John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. |
32 | LIGHTSHIP NO. 116 "CHESAPEAKE" | ![]() LIGHTSHIP NO. 116 "CHESAPEAKE" |
December 20, 1989 (#80000349) |
Baltimore 39°17′01″N 76°36′34″W |
City of Baltimore | Built in 1930 at Charleston Drydock & Machine Co; took on the name of whatever station she was anchored at |
33 | London Town Publik House | ![]() London Town Publik House |
April 15, 1970 (#70000262) |
Woodland Beach 38°56′23″N 76°32′25″W |
Anne Arundel | A county alms house |
34 | J. C. Lore Oyster House | ![]() J. C. Lore Oyster House |
August 7, 2001 (#84003869) |
Solomons 38°19′26″N 76°27′40″W |
Calvert | |
35 | Maryland Statehouse | ![]() Maryland Statehouse |
December 19, 1960 (#66000385) |
Annapolis 38°58′36″N 76°29′28″W |
Anne Arundel | |
36 | Elmer V. McCollum House | ![]() Elmer V. McCollum House |
January 7, 1976 (#76002182) |
Baltimore 39°18′49″N 76°41′06″W |
City of Baltimore | Home of nutrition researcher Elmer McCollum. |
37 | H. L. Mencken House | ![]() H. L. Mencken House |
July 28, 1983 (#83004384) |
Baltimore 39°17′08″N 76°38′29″W |
City of Baltimore | A home of author H. L. Mencken. The house is included in the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District. |
38 | Minor Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ![]() Minor Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
November 11, 1971 (#69000330) |
Baltimore 39°17′36″N 76°36′58″W |
City of Baltimore | |
39 | Monocacy Battlefield | ![]() Monocacy Battlefield |
November 8, 1973 (#66000908) |
Frederick 39°22′16″N 77°23′31″W |
Frederick | |
40 | Montpelier | ![]() Montpelier |
April 15, 1970 (#70000852) |
Laurel 39°03′54″N 76°50′42″W |
Prince George's | |
41 | Mount Clare | ![]() Mount Clare |
April 15, 1970 (#70000860) |
Baltimore 39°16′37″N 76°38′37″W |
City of Baltimore | |
42 | Mount Royal Station and Trainshed | ![]() Mount Royal Station and Trainshed |
December 8, 1976 (#73002191) |
Baltimore 39°18′14″N 76°37′14″W |
City of Baltimore | |
43 | Mount Vernon Place Historic District | ![]() Mount Vernon Place Historic District |
November 11, 1971 (#71001037) |
Baltimore 39°17′51″N 76°36′56″W |
City of Baltimore | |
44 | NELLIE CROCKETT (Buy-boat) | April 19, 1994 (#94001185) |
Georgetown 39°21′40″N 75°52′55″W |
Kent | Chesapeake Bay oyster buy-boat; built in 1926. | |
45 | Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal | ![]() Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal |
January 12, 1965 (#66000390) |
Chesapeake City 39°31′26″N 75°48′39″W |
Cecil | |
46 | William Paca House | ![]() William Paca House |
November 11, 1971 (#71000364) |
Annapolis 38°58′46″N 76°29′17″W |
Anne Arundel | |
47 | Peale's Baltimore Museum | ![]() Peale's Baltimore Museum |
December 21, 1965 (#66000915) |
Baltimore 39°17′24″N 76°36′38″W |
City of Baltimore | |
48 | Phoenix Shot Tower | ![]() Phoenix Shot Tower |
November 11, 1971 (#69000373) |
Baltimore 39°17′19″N 76°36′20″W |
City of Baltimore | |
49 | Edgar Allan Poe House | ![]() Edgar Allan Poe House |
November 11, 1971 (#71001043) |
Baltimore 39°17′21″N 76°38′00″W |
City of Baltimore | |
50 | REBECCA T. RUARK (Skipjack) | ![]() REBECCA T. RUARK (Skipjack) |
July 31, 2003 (#85001095) |
Tilghman Island 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W |
Talbot | |
51 | Ira Remsen House | ![]() Ira Remsen House |
May 15, 1975 (#75002102) |
Baltimore 39°17′51″N 76°37′09″W |
City of Baltimore | |
52 | Riversdale Mansion | ![]() Riversdale Mansion |
December 9, 1997 (#73002166) |
Riverdale 38°57′37″N 76°55′55″W |
Prince George's | |
53 | Henry August Rowland House | ![]() Henry August Rowland House |
May 15, 1975 (#75002098) |
Baltimore 39°18′02″N 76°37′02″W |
City of Baltimore | Home of physicist Henry Augustus Rowland. |
54 | St. Mary's City Historic District | ![]() St. Mary's City Historic District |
August 4, 1969 (#69000310) |
St. Marys City 38°11′21″N 76°25′56″W |
St. Mary's | |
55 | St. Mary's Seminary Chapel | ![]() St. Mary's Seminary Chapel |
November 11, 1971 (#71001046) |
Baltimore 39°17′38″N 76°37′23″W |
City of Baltimore | |
56 | N.S. SAVANNAH (Nuclear Ship) | ![]() N.S. SAVANNAH (Nuclear Ship) |
July 17, 1991 (#82001518) |
Baltimore 39°15′30″N 76°33′20″W |
City of Baltimore | |
57 | Schifferstadt | ![]() Schifferstadt |
December 23, 2016 (#100000833) |
Frederick 39°25′24″N 77°25′39″W |
Frederick County | |
58 | Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and Gate House | ![]() Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and Gate House |
November 11, 1971 (#71000369) |
Towson 39°23′28″N 76°37′09″W |
Baltimore County | |
59 | Sion Hill | ![]() Sion Hill |
April 27, 1992 (#90000608) |
Havre De Grace 39°33′58″N 76°07′39″W |
Harford | |
60 | Sotterley | ![]() Sotterley |
February 16, 2000 (#72001487) |
Hollywood 38°22′47″N 76°32′20″W |
St. Mary's | |
61 | Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility | ![]() Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility |
October 3, 1985 (#85002811) |
Greenbelt 39°00′17″N 76°49′31″W |
Prince George's | |
62 | Star-Spangled Banner Flag House | ![]() Star-Spangled Banner Flag House |
December 16, 1969 (#69000320) |
Baltimore 39°17′08″N 76°36′13″W |
City of Baltimore | House where Mary Young Pickersgill sewed the large Star-Spangled Banner flag of the United States, to fly over Fort McHenry, inspiring the U.S. national anthem. |
63 | Peggy Stewart House | ![]() Peggy Stewart House |
November 7, 1973 (#73000887) |
Annapolis 38°58′55″N 76°29′14″W |
Anne Arundel | |
64 | USCGC TANEY (Coast Guard cutter) | ![]() USCGC TANEY (Coast Guard cutter) |
June 7, 1988 (#88001826) |
Baltimore 39°17′09″N 76°36′23″W |
City of Baltimore | |
65 | Thomas Point Shoal Light Station | ![]() Thomas Point Shoal Light Station |
January 20, 1999 (#75000864) |
Annapolis 38°53′56″N 76°26′10″W |
Anne Arundel | |
66 | Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad | ![]() Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
January 28, 1964 (#66000388) |
Relay 39°13′12″N 76°42′49″W |
Baltimore County & Howard County | |
67 | Tolson's Chapel and School | ![]() Tolson's Chapel and School |
January 13, 2021 (#100006233) |
111 E. High St. 39°27′22″N 77°44′47″W |
Washington | |
68 | USS TORSK (Submarine) | ![]() USS TORSK (Submarine) |
January 14, 1986 (#86000090) |
Baltimore 39°16′58″N 76°36′33″W |
City of Baltimore | |
69 | Tulip Hill | ![]() Tulip Hill |
April 15, 1970 (#70000261) |
Galesville 38°51′03″N 76°33′02″W |
Anne Arundel | |
70 | United States Naval Academy | ![]() United States Naval Academy |
July 4, 1961 (#66000386) |
Annapolis 38°59′04″N 76°29′20″W |
Anne Arundel | |
71 | Washington Aqueduct | ![]() Washington Aqueduct |
November 7, 1973 (#73002123) |
Great Falls, MD and Washington, DC 38°56′15″N 77°06′51″W |
Montgomery, MD and District of Columbia | Also in District of Columbia |
72 | William Henry Welch House | ![]() William Henry Welch House |
January 7, 1976 (#76002186) |
Baltimore 39°18′00″N 76°36′51″W |
City of Baltimore | |
73 | West St. Mary's Manor | ![]() West St. Mary's Manor |
April 15, 1970 (#70000854) |
Drayden 38°11′10″N 76°26′54″W |
St. Mary's | |
74 | Whitehall | ![]() Whitehall |
October 9, 1960 (#66000387) |
Annapolis 39°00′15″N 76°25′37″W |
Anne Arundel | |
75 | WILLIAM. B. TENNISON (Buy-Boat) | ![]() WILLIAM. B. TENNISON (Buy-Boat) |
April 19, 1994 (#80001799) |
Solomons 38°19′23″N 76°27′39″W |
Calvert | |
76 | Wye House | ![]() Wye House |
April 15, 1970 (#70000264) |
Easton 38°51′12″N 76°10′06″W |
Talbot |
Historic areas of the NPS in Maryland
National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are ___ of these in Maryland. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state,[4]
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, Monocacy National Battlefield and Thomas Stone National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above (with the latter under its alternative name, Habre de Venture)
The other seven are:
Landmark name |
Image | Date established[5] | Location | County | Description | |
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1 | Antietam National Battlefield | ![]() |
August 30, 1890 | Sharpsburg | Washington | |
2 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | ![]() |
January 8, 1971 | Maryland | multiple counties | Also included in District of Columbia and West Virginia |
3 | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine | ![]() |
March 3, 1925 (National Park) August 11, 1939 (National Monument) |
Baltimore | City of Baltimore | |
4 | Fort Washington Park | ![]() |
May 29, 1930 | Fort Washington | Prince George's County | |
5 | Hampton National Historic Site | ![]() |
June 22, 1948 | Hampton, Maryland | Baltimore County | |
6 | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | ![]() |
June 30, 1944 (National Monument) May 29, 1963 (National Historical Park) |
Maryland | Washington County | Also included in Virginia and West Virginia |
7 | Piscataway Park | ![]() |
October 4, 1961 | Accokeek | Prince George's County |
Former National Historic Landmarks
There is one former NHL, Resurrection Manor, which was demolished in 2002 and subsequently delisted.
# | Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Date withdrawn | Locality | County | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Resurrection Manor | ![]() |
April 15, 1970 | February 17, 2006 | Hollywood vicinity 38.338056°N 76.509444°W |
St. Mary's | Demolished in 2002 and replaced by a modern home.[6] |
See also
References
- National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-07-04..
- Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- These are listed on p.112-113 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
- National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays.
- NHL webpage on it, for use in article
External links
- "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--Maryland (71)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
- National Register Information System, National Park Service.
- Maryland Historical Markers photographs at the University of Maryland Libraries