Fat Oxen Explained

Fat Oxen
Location:	North of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates:	39.3335°N -77.3561°W
Architecture:	Georgian, Georgian vernacular
Added:	May 21, 1979
Refnum:	79001133

Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a -story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans.^[1]

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Natelli Communities was one of the entities that helped preserve the Fat Oxen which is now used as a community clubhouse.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• , including photo in 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen. December 1976. 2016-01-01 . Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell. Maryland Historical Trust.
2. News: Wolfrom . Jessica . 2021-04-08 . A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md. . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-11-05 . 0190-8286.
3. Web site: Roberts . Angela . 2022-05-12 . Artists invited to create historic imaginations of Urbana's Fat Oxen during paint-out . 2023-11-05 . The Frederick News-Post . en.