Baltimore County School No. 7, also known as Ashland School, is a historic school building located at Cockeysville,

Baltimore County, Maryland Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County (which partially surrounds, though does not include, the independent City of ...

. It was constructed in 1882 at the entrance to the village of Ashland, associated with the Ashland Iron Works. It is built of rough cut marble

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a nearby quarry. The exterior reflects the influence of the Queen Anne style with gabled windows, elaborate cornice work, fan-shaped attic vents at the roof peak, and numerous large banks of multi-paned windows. Originally a two-room schoolhouse, it was converted to a private residence in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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*, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Baltimore County, Maryland School buildings completed in 1882 Queen Anne architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland {{BaltimoreCountyMD-NRHP-stub