Green Spring Valley Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

near

Stevenson Stevenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre-10th-century England. Another origin of the name is as a toponymic surname related to the place Stevenstone in Devon, England. The ...

in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburban area of Baltimore that acquires significance from the collection of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century buildings. The park-like setting retains a late 19th-early 20th century atmosphere. At the turn of the 20th century, the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Grand National Maryland steeplechase races were run over various parts of the valley. The Maryland Hunt Cup, which began as a competition between the Green Spring Valley Hunt and the Elkridge Hunt, traditionally started at

Brooklandwood Brooklandwood, or Brookland Wood, is a historic home located in Brooklandville, Baltimore County, Maryland. Its grounds became developed for the St. Paul's School for Boys. The house is a -story, five-bay dwelling. The central block and two ...

, the previous home of Charles Carrol of Carrollton (later St. Paul’s school) with the finish across Valley Road at Oakdene, at that time the home of Thomas Deford, which remains a private residence The buildings reflect major architectural styles popular in the United States from the Neoclassical of the 18th century to the Georgian and other revivals of the pre-1930 period and range from modest to elaborate in size. The district's Stevenson railway station is in "good repair." Several church buildings serve as important contributing properties within the district, including St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Green Springs Methodist Church, Stevenson Methodist Church,Wollon, James T., Jr., et al.
National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Green Spring Valley Historic District
'. National Park Service, 1979. and Sater's Baptist Church. The oldest of these buildings is St. Thomas', where construction started in 1743; the parish has used the building without interruption since its completion. The oldest extant Baptist church building in the United States, Sater's was built for the first Baptist congregation to be established in the

Province of Maryland The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland ...

. The congregation first worshipped in the building's original section in 1746, although the building was substantially modified in the 1860s after suffering extensive deterioration. Stevenson Md station

Greenspring Methodist Church's building, a small Carpenter Gothic structure, was constructed in 1872;Wollon, James T., Jr., and Dawn Thomas.
Maryland Historical Trust Inventory: Green Spring Chapel
'. Maryland Historical Trust, 1980-02-10. the landowner donated it to the community's black church, and it came into the possession of the present congregation in 1908. The former Stevenson Methodist Church is a stone

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

building; its cornerstone was laid in 1905, although two years passed before the building was dedicated.Wollon, James T., Jr., and Leona North.
Maryland Historical Trust Inventory: Stevenson Methodist Church
'. Maryland Historical Trust, 1980-03-02, 4. The district was designated and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Its boundaries encompass 282 buildings (148 contributing and 134 non-contributing) spread over an area of .

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*, including photo from 1979, at Maryland Historical Trust {{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts in Baltimore County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland