Gladden Farm
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Gladden Farm, also known as Gladden-Roming Stone House, is a historic home and farm complex located at Street
, Harford County, Maryland
. It contains three historically significant structures: a large five-bay rubblestone bank house with Federal
detailing, a one-story rubblestone spring house
, and a one-story board-and-batten frame shop. The first two structures probably date to about 1820, the latter from the mid 19th century. Some interior details were installed about 1945 from a demolished house on Franklin Street in Baltimore, including a mantel and built-in cabinets and bookcases and the main room's north wall is paneled in English oak removed from another demolished Baltimore dwelling. The home is named for the locally prominent Gladden family, who were leading and innovative farmers, who saw to it that the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
was built through this party of the county, and established a station stop near their farm at The Rocks.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1993.
Street, Maryland
Street, Maryland is a rural unincorporated area in Northern Harford County, Maryland. Street was first settled by Dutch immigrants in the early 18th century.One of the central villages in Street is Highland...
, Harford County, Maryland
Harford County, Maryland
Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.-History:...
. It contains three historically significant structures: a large five-bay rubblestone bank house with Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
detailing, a one-story rubblestone spring house
Spring house
A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building used for refrigeration once commonly found in rural areas before the advent of electric refrigeration. It is usually a one-room building constructed over the source of a spring. The water of the spring maintains a constant cool temperature...
, and a one-story board-and-batten frame shop. The first two structures probably date to about 1820, the latter from the mid 19th century. Some interior details were installed about 1945 from a demolished house on Franklin Street in Baltimore, including a mantel and built-in cabinets and bookcases and the main room's north wall is paneled in English oak removed from another demolished Baltimore dwelling. The home is named for the locally prominent Gladden family, who were leading and innovative farmers, who saw to it that the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad , familiarly known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s...
was built through this party of the county, and established a station stop near their farm at The Rocks.
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 1993.
External links
- Gladden Farm, Harford County, including undated photo, Maryland Historical Trust website