The Mount Airy Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

in Mount Airy, located in Carroll and Frederick County,

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. The district comprises a cohesive group of commercial, residential, and ecclesiastical buildings dating from the late 19th through early 20th centuries. The brick

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, designed by

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and constructed in 1882, represents the town's origin as an early transportation center for the region, which dates back as early as 1838. A group of early-20th century commercial structures represent the rebuilding of Mount Airy's downtown after a series of fires between 1903 and 1926. The residential areas are characterized by houses illustrating vernacular forms and popular stylistic influences of the late 19th and early 20th century. Three churches are located within the district. It was added to the

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in 1984.

References

External links

*, including 1984 photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Mount Airy Historic District, Frederick County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts in Frederick County, Maryland Historic districts in Carroll County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-NRHP-stub