Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland)

Mt. Pleasant, also known as the Clemson Family Farm, is a historic home located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-bay by two-bay, ​2 1⁄2-story brick structure with a gable roof and built about 1815. Also on the property is a brick wash house, a hewn mortised-and-tenoned-and-pegged timber-braced frame wagon shed flanked by corn cribs, and various other sheds and outbuildings. It was the home farm of the Farquhar family, prominent Quakers of Scotch-Irish descent[2] who were primarily responsible for the establishment of the Pipe Creek Settlement.[3]

Mt. Pleasant
Location200 W. Locust Street (Bucher John Road), Union Bridge, Maryland
Coordinates39°34′16.4″N 77°11′6.3″W
Area207.9 acres (84.1 ha)
Built1815 (1815)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.98001260[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 1998

Mt. Pleasant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Scharf, J. Thomas (1968). History of western Maryland : being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest period to the present day ; including biographical sketches of their representative men. Baltimore, Maryland: Regional Publishing Company. p. 790. OCLC 444161. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  3. Kenneth M. Short (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mt. Pleasant" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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