Granite Presbyterian Church-Granite Historic District - Granite MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 20.466 W 076° 51.276
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The Granite Historic District is significant for its association with the granite quarrying industry in western Baltimore County in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Included in the district is Granite Presbyterian Church.
Waymark Code: WM14ACB
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2021
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
The Granite Historic District is significant for its association with the granite quarrying industry in western Baltimore County in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Originally known as Waltersville and renamed Granite in recognition of its principal product, the village was the center of this industry, which during its peak in the late 19th century provided building materials for major projects throughout the eastern seaboard.
Granite from the Waltersville and Fox Rock quarries was utilized in construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 1830s, and later in such projects as the Library of Congress, old Treasury Building, and parts of the inner walls of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC; the old Post Office, Courthouse, Custom House, Polytechnical Institute, and monument to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in Baltimore; numerous other projects in Baltimore city and county; and local buildings including the Odd Fellows' Hall, two churches, and the public school building which still stand within the district.
The district comprises a cohesive collection of resources representing the development of the rural quarrying community from the mid-18th century through the late 1930s. Most of the resources are residential in character and date primarily from the peak of the quarry industry in the last quarter of the nineteenth through the early twentieth century; these houses typically conform to the two story cross-gabled type which characterized rural communities throughout the region during the period.
The predominant house type in the village and throughout rural central Maryland in the post-Civil War era is of frame construction, three (or, infrequently, five) bays wide, and two stories high with a gable roof.
Granite Presbyterian Church, 10637 Old Court Road
On the south side of Old Court Road near the western boundary of the district, the present Granite Presbyterian Church was built in 1926, the second building to serve a congregation established in 1844. The Gothic-style church is constructed of granite, and features a crenellated entrance tower. Window openings are three-centered arches, and hold double stained-glass casements. The church property also includes a Colonial Revival parish house and an extensive landscaped cemetery.
Granite Presbyterian Church, 10637 Old Court Road, (p. 334, p. 289, p. 146), a Gothic church building constructed in 1926 of granite, featuring a crenelated entrance tower. Window openings are three centered arches, and hold double stained-glass casements. There is a large stuccoes addition at the rear. The building replaced a previous structure built in 1844.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Granite Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
10637 Old Court Road, Woodstock, MD 21163
(Granite is a village and does not have its own zipcode)
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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