The Burkittsville Historic District comprises the small town of

Burkittsville, Maryland Burkittsville is a historic village in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The village lies in the southern Middletown Valley along the eastern base of South Mountain. Burkittsville is a residential area with an economy based in agricultu ...

. Located at a crossroads in western Frederick County, the town is a consistent collection of early 19th-century

Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...

houses mixed with a few Victorian style houses that has remained virtually unchanged since 1900. The town is surrounded on three sides by an open, farmed landscape, and nestles against South Mountain on its western side. The town was involved in a number of

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

actions, including the

Battle of Crampton's Gap The Battle of Crampton's Gap, or Battle of Burkittsville, was a battle fought between forces under Confederate Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb and Union Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin as part of the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, at Cr ...

in 1862. The Burkittsville Historic District was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1975.

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External links

*, including 1996 photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Burkittsville Historic District, Frederick County
at Maryland Historical Trust 1975 establishments in Maryland States and territories established in 1975 Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Federal architecture in Maryland Victorian architecture in Maryland Historic districts in Frederick County, Maryland Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland Burkittsville, Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-NRHP-stub