3118 Harmony Church Road-Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District – Darlington MD
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Don.Morfe
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The Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District represents a 250-year evolution of all aspects of rural development--residential, agricultural, industrial, religious. Included in the district is 3118 Harmony Church Road.
Waymark Code: WM15DX3
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2021
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National Register of Historic Places
Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District
Inventory No.: HA-1551
Date Listed: 11/3/1993
Location: Harford County
Category: District
Period/Date of Construction: 1730-c. 1940
Resources: 282 (156 contributing, 4 non-contributing)
The Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District represents a 250-year evolution of all aspects of rural development--residential, agricultural, industrial, religious. The district is beautifully preserved as a discreet entity, easily distinguished from those sections of Harford County which abut it. The hundreds of inventoried sites in the district have historical, architectural, and familial links with each other that span several generations. The valley contains approximately 350 separate historic properties, many consisting of more than one structure, and probably represents the greatest and best-preserved concentration of significant sites in Harford County. The district as a district has been much studied for generations, at least as far back as August 14, 1858, when the Harford County weekly The Aegis praised "that romantic and classical portion of our county through which courses the magnificent Deer Creek, whose banks are adorned by "specimens of the most tasty architecture." Then in 1879-80 Dr. F. Stump Forwood, first president of the Historical Society of Harford County, wrote a series of pieces for The Aegis called "Homes on Deer Creek;" of the 37 structures Dr. Forwood described a remarkable 36 are still standing, in virtually unchanged condition. In 1979 the Maryland Department of Natural Resources declared the lower Deer Creek valley a "Wild and Scenic River" because of its "outstanding scenic...historic. [ and] cultural...values."
Contributing Building;
3118 Harmony Church Road
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
3118 Harmony Church Road, Darlington MD 21034
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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