Sykesville Historic District

Sykesville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Main St., Springfield, Norwood & Mellor Aves., Sykesville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°22′5″N 76°58′9″W / 39.36806°N 76.96917°W / 39.36806; -76.96917Coordinates: 39°22′5″N 76°58′9″W / 39.36806°N 76.96917°W / 39.36806; -76.96917
Area	65 acres (26 ha)
Built	1850 (1850)
Architect	Baldwin, E. Francis
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	85002498[1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1985

The Sykesville Historic District encompasses the center of Sykesville, Maryland. Sykesville is a small town in the Patapsco River valley in southern Carroll County, Maryland, and is located on the old main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), one of the first railroad lines in the United States. The B&O train station is included in the district. It was designed by E. Francis Baldwin in the Queen Anne style and built in 1883. Other historically significant buildings in the district were built between the 1850s and the 1920s.^[2]

See also[]

• Salopha (Sykesville, Maryland)

References[]

External links[]

• Sykesville Historic District, Carroll County, including photo in 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Sykesville Historic District boundary map
• Town of Sykesville Website, Carroll County, includes history of Sykesville up to July 12, 2012
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-19, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Sykesville Station, West Side of Main Street, Sykesville, Carroll County, MD", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Sykesville Historic District Nomination Form from Maryland State Archives