Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District is a national

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Harford County Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

, Maryland, United States. It comprises approximately in north central Harford County. The primary building material is stone taken from local quarries and used to construct houses, mills, schoolhouses, and churches. Also constructed of stone are many dependencies including springhouses, stables, tenant houses, meathouses, ice houses, and barns. The district's contributing standing structures date from the mid 18th century to the 1940s, and mostly built in vernacular styles. The valley contains approximately 350 separate historic properties. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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*, including photo dated 1992, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Lower Deer Creek Valley Historic District, Harford County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Harford County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland {{HarfordCountyMD-NRHP-stub