Mount Pleasant (Union Bridge, Maryland) Explained

Mt. Pleasant
Location:	200 W. Locust Street (Bucher John Road), Union Bridge, Maryland
Coordinates:	39.5712°N -77.1851°W
Architecture:	Federal
Added:	November 4, 1998
Refnum:	98001260

Mt. Pleasant, also known as the Clemson Family Farm, is a historic home located at Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-bay by two-bay, -story brick structure with a gable roof and built about 1815. Also on the property is a brick wash house, a hewn mortised-and-tenoned-and-pegged timber-braced frame wagon shed flanked by corn cribs, and various other sheds and outbuildings. It was the home farm of the Farquhar family, prominent Quakers of Scotch-Irish descent^[1] who were primarily responsible for the establishment of the Pipe Creek Settlement.^[2]

Mt. Pleasant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

External links

• , including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust

Notes and References

1. Book: Scharf, J. Thomas . History of western Maryland : being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest period to the present day; including biographical sketches of their representative men . January 2, 2013 . 1968 . Regional Publishing Company . Baltimore, Maryland . 9780806345659. 444161 . 790 .
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mt. Pleasant. n.d.. 2016-01-01 . Kenneth M. Short . Maryland Historical Trust.