Peter of P. Grossnickel Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at

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, Frederick County. It consists of a mid-19th-century,

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farmhouse and 13 related buildings and structures. The house is a -story stone center-passage house on a limestone foundation, with a -story kitchen wing and walls. The house was built between 1840 and 1850. Also on the property is an 1881 tenant house with corresponding barn, spring house, and washhouse /

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; an 1884–1897

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; a pre-1830 granary; a 19th-century wood shed; late-19th-century hog pen /

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; a pre-1830

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; a late-19th-century

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; a spring house with a Late Victorian cottage addition; and early-20th-century concrete block milk house; and a log summer kitchen of unknown date. The Grossnickel family was a

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family who were instrumental in the establishment of the Grossnickel Church of the Brethren. 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 v ...

in 1998.

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*, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Frederick County, Maryland Houses completed in 1840 German-American culture in Maryland Greek Revival houses in Maryland 1840 establishments in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland {{FrederickCountyMD-NRHP-stub