Griggs House was a historic home located in
Granite, Maryland
Granite is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Originally known as Waltersville, it was renamed Granite in recognition of its principal product (the Woodstock Quartz Monzonite was quarried). The village was t ...
. It was a two-story house constructed in the mid-19th century. The home is associated with the film, ''
The Blair Witch Project
''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (director), Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Mic ...
''.
The house was a built in the style of
Federal architecture
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 ...
, as a two-story stucco faced post and beam wood construction house on a stone foundation. It was two bays by three bays wide, and situated near the Smith/Sumwalt house and the Granite quarry which the town was renamed for. The house was visible on the 1877 Baltimore County Atlas.
In 1984, the Department of Natural Resources conducted a historical survey of the Griggs property that resided on parkland of
Patapsco Valley State Park
Patapsco Valley State Park is a Maryland state park extending along of the Patapsco River south and west of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It ...
. The property was not in use by this time and had interior details removed by vandals.
In 1999, the house was used for the climactic ending of ''The Blair Witch Project''. After filming, the State of Maryland announced it would demolish the historic home. As fans were visiting the abandoned house, its condition deteriorated. Funds were raised to save the building based on the success of the movie, and the State released press announcements that the property would be spared. However, the house was demolished soon afterwards without an announcement.
See also
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Henryton State Hospital
Henryton State Hospital is a now-demolished hospital complex in Marriottsville, in southern Carroll County, Maryland, just across the Howard County line. The complex was located within Patapsco Valley State Park and along its southern end runs CS ...
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Images of the Griggs House
{{The Blair Witch Project
1800 establishments in Maryland
Houses completed in 1800
Baltimore County, Maryland landmarks
Demolished buildings and structures in Maryland
Houses in Baltimore County, Maryland
Federal architecture in Maryland
Blair Witch
Wooden houses in the United States