The Jacob Highbarger House was built ''circa'' 1832 in
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Sharpsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland. The town is approximately south of Hagerstown. Its population was 705 at the 2010 census.
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Sharpsb ...
,
United States
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. The
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
-influenced house is a late example of limestone construction in the
Cumberland Valley
The Cumberland Valley is a northern constituent valley of the Great Appalachian Valley, within the Atlantic Seaboard watershed in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Appalachian Trail crosses through the valley.
Geography
The valley is bound to ...
of Maryland, with an attached log workshop. The log structure is an unusual example of corner-post log construction with diagonal bracing.
It 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 ...
in 2002.
References
External links
*, including photo in 2005, at Maryland Historical Trust
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses completed in 1832
Houses in Washington County, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland
1832 establishments in Maryland
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