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Historic church in Maryland, United States United States historic place
Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse, July 2011
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LocationMD 161, Darlington, Maryland
Coordinates39°38′46″N 76°12′19″W / 39.64611°N 76.20528°W / 39.64611; -76.20528
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1784 (1784)
NRHP reference No.80001817
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1980

Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Darlington, Harford County, Maryland. It is a one-story fieldstone structure, six bays long on the south, four bays on the north, and three bays wide. It was constructed in 1784 to replace a building of 1737 and renovated in 1888. The interior is divided into two spaces by an original paneled partition and the benches are original, with 10 benches in each room and an aisle down the center. The property also includes a five-stall horse shed and a cemetery with burials dating from 1775 to 1930.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Pamela James and Susan M. Deeney (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Creek Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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