Fat Oxen

Fat Oxen
Fat Oxen, September 2010
LocationNorth of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1775 (1775)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.79001133[1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1979

Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-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.[2]

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] Natelli Communities was one of the entities that helped preserve the Fat Oxen which is now used as a community clubhouse.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Wolfrom, Jessica (April 8, 2021). "A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Roberts, Angela (May 12, 2022). "Artists invited to create historic imaginations of Urbana's Fat Oxen during paint-out". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved November 5, 2023.