Robert Barney House-Bare Hills Historic District – Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
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The Bare Hills Historic District is significant for its process of community development as it relates to the milling and mining industries of the Bare Hills area of Baltimore County. Included in the district is the Robert Barney House.
Waymark Code: WM15T1E
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2022
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Inventory No.: BA-2998
Date Listed: 11/22/2011
Period/Date of Construction: 1730-1961
Resources: 90 (65 contributing, 21 non-contributing)
The Bare Hills Historic District is historically significant for its representation of the process of community development over time as it relates to the milling and mining industries of the Bare Hills area of Baltimore County, Maryland and the associated transportation corridors of the Falls Road/Turnpike and Green Spring Branch Railroad. The fertile soils of Baltimore County provided the produce that fed the mills along the powerful watercourse know as Jones Falls, but the mineral rich rock formation that forced the Jones Falls into its sweeping arc around the Bare Hills left the area with thin soils, sparse vegetation, and its “Bare Hills” moniker. The Bare Hills geology, the source of chromite and copper, and a distinctive green building stone called serpentine, produced a legacy of mining and quarrying that gives the area its unique character. Both milling and mining were significant factors in the development of the road and rail transportation through the Jones Falls Valley. The presence of both industry and transportation shaped the early phases of community development in the Bare Hills area. After the creation of Lake Roland in 1861, development around the Bare Hills centered on the scenic rural landscape and the convenience of railroad transportation to and from Baltimore City. The Bare Hills Historic District gains additional historical significance in the area of Ethnic Heritage relating to the African-American community known as the “Scott Settlement,” recognized as one of the earliest free-black communities in Baltimore County. Established by Aquila Scott about 1830 and still occupied by many Scott family descendants, the people and buildings of the Scott Settlement have been an integral component of the Bare Hills community and its associated developmental history for more than 180 years. The Bare Hills Historic District is architecturally significant for its collection of largely vernacular representations of popular architectural styles from the later 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The district also includes several distinctive architectural examples such as the Gothic Revival Bare Hills House, the Bauhaus-inspired Hooper House II designed by architect Marcel Breuer, and the serpentine stone Bare Hills School.
Contributing Building:
6123 Falls Rd BA-2998- Robert Barney House
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Bare Hills Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
6123 Falls Road, Baltimore MD 21209
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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