Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland)

Mt. Pleasant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Union Bridge, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°34′28″N 77°10′57″W / 39.57444°N 77.1825°W / 39.57444; -77.1825Coordinates: 39°34′28″N 77°10′57″W / 39.57444°N 77.1825°W / 39.57444; -77.1825
Built:	1815
Architectural style:	Federal
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	98001260 [1]
Added to NRHP:	November 04, 1998

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 who were primarily responsible for the establishment of the Pipe Creek Settlement.^[2]

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Mt. Pleasant. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1214&COUNTY=Carroll&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Carroll. 

External links

• Mt. Pleasant, Carroll County, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust