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Keefer–Brubaker Farm

Coordinates: 39°39′14.9″N 77°12′10.2″W / 39.654139°N 77.202833°W / 39.654139; -77.202833
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Keefer–Brubaker Farm
Keefer–Brubaker Farm is located in Maryland
Keefer–Brubaker Farm
Keefer–Brubaker Farm is located in the United States
Keefer–Brubaker Farm
Location2719 Roop Road, Taneytown, Maryland
Coordinates39°39′14.9″N 77°12′10.2″W / 39.654139°N 77.202833°W / 39.654139; -77.202833
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1820 (1820)
NRHP reference No.07001286[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2007

Keefer–Brubaker Farm, also known as the Oscar Fogle Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. It consists of a two-story six-by-two-bay log-and-frame house which is partially encased in brick and rests on a rubble stone foundation Also on the property is a frame summer kitchen, a combination smokehouse/dry house, a frame springhouse, a shop building, a bank barn, a dairy, a hog pen, a tool shed, poultry house, and several more recent buildings. It is a representative example of a family farm complex which spans the period from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kenneth M. Short (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Keefer–Brubaker Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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