Long Meadows is a historic home located near
Hagerstown,
Washington County,
Maryland
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,
United States
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. It is a two-story, brick and
fieldstone
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dwelling, historically painted yellow with green trim. In 1739,
Thomas Cresap
Colonel Thomas Cresap (17021790) was an English-born settler and trader in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cresap served Lord Baltimore as an agent in the Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary dispute that became known as Cresap's War. Lat ...
was granted which he named Long Meadows, where he is said to have erected a stone and log fort over a spring near the Marsh Run. Stones from the fort are said to have been used in the construction of the barn wall located on the property.
Long Meadows 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 v ...
in 1978.
View of LongMeadows from SE corner of property
References
External links
*, including photo from 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses completed in 1908
Houses in Hagerstown, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland
1908 establishments in Maryland
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