Heighe House is a historic home complex and national historic district at Bel Air,

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. The complex consists of a

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, -story stone main house built on and incorporating the stone foundations of the Moores Mill, built in 1745; a -story frame chauffeur's cottage; garage; and a -story stone and frame guest house. They are all located on a steeply sloping site along Bynum Run. The property was developed in 1928 as a country estate for

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(d. 1953), a woman widely regarded as the "first lady of Maryland racing." It was added to the

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in 1990.

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*, including photo dated 1990, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland {{HarfordCountyMD-NRHP-stub