Corbett Historic District is a national

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at Monkton,

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. It is a group of 20 dwellings, a doctor's office, a former store/post office, a brothel, and a school comprising the village of Corbett in rural northern Baltimore County, Maryland. Most of the buildings date from about 1880 through about 1920. They reflect the period of Corbett's development as a stop on the

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, and a local commercial, industrial, and transportation center for the surrounding farms. It was added to the

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in 1985.

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External links

*, including photo from 1985, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Corbett Historic District, Baltimore County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Baltimore County, Maryland Greek Revival architecture in Maryland Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland {{BaltimoreCountyMD-NRHP-stub