Fair Meadows (Creswell, Maryland)

Fair Meadows is a historic home located at Creswell, Harford County, Maryland. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Second Empire–style house constructed in 1868 for the last owner of Harford Furnace, Clement Dietrich. The house is constructed of irregularly laid ashlar and features a mansard roof, cupola, dormers with rounded hoods, and stone quoins. The interior has a center hall plan and includes intricate inlay designs, black and white marble tiles in the center hall, plaster ceiling ornaments and friezes, marble mantels, and original crystal chandeliers. Also on the property are the ruins of a round springhouse, a one-story stone carriage house, a brick smokehouse, and three hip-roofed coursed rubble stone outbuildings.[2] The estate was later home to Eastern Christian College.

Fair Meadows
Fair Meadows in 2007
Fair Meadows (Creswell, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Fair Meadows (Creswell, Maryland)
Fair Meadows (Creswell, Maryland) is located in the United States
Fair Meadows (Creswell, Maryland)
LocationCreswell Road (MD 543), Creswell, Maryland
Coordinates39°29′57″N 76°15′58″W
Area10.4 acres (4.2 ha)
Built1868 (1868)
ArchitectAttributed to George A. Frederick or Jackson Gott
Architectural styleSecond Empire
Demolished2022
NRHP reference No.80004255[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1980

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

On May 3, 2020, a devastating fire caused extensive damage to the building. By 2022 the remaining structure was demolished.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Natalie Shivers (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fair Meadows" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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