Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District - Darlington MD - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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: (HA-48) Clark’s Chapel M.E. Church, 2001 Kalmia Road, Darlington MD

Street address: 2001 Kalmia Road Darlington, MD United States 21034 County / Borough / Parish: Harford County Year listed: 1993 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence,Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Education,Industry/Processing/Extraction Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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