Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse Explained

Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Location:MD 161, Darlington, Maryland
Coordinates:39.6461°N -76.2053°W
Added:April 23, 1980
Refnum:80001817

Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Darlington, Harford County, Maryland. It is a one-story fieldstone structure, six bays long on the south, four bays on the north, and three bays wide. It was constructed in 1784 to replace a building of 1737 and renovated in 1888. The interior is divided into two spaces by an original paneled partition and the benches are original, with 10 benches in each room and an aisle down the center. The property also includes a five-stall horse shed and a cemetery with burials dating from 1775 to 1930.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse. September 1976. 2016-01-01 . Pamela James and Susan M. Deeney . Maryland Historical Trust.