Silver Houses Historic District is a national

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. It is a group of mid-19th century farmsteads and a church in rural east central Harford County. The district comprises a total of 36 resources, including four stone residences with related agricultural outbuildings, and the site of a fifth stone house, marked by a large frame barn, a frame tenant house, and two outbuildings. The houses were built between 1853 and 1859 by members of the Silver family. The district also includes the Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, a

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-influenced stone building of 1871, designed by John W. Hogg. It was added to the

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in 1984.

Contributing properties

* Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, 440 Darlington Road * Benjamin Silver House and John A. Silver House Site, 3646 Harmony Church Road * Jeremiah P. Silver House, "Lebanon," aka "Seven Springs Farm," 337 Fox Road * Silas B. Silver House, "Silverton", 3643 Harmony Church Road * William F. Silver House, "Shadowstone Farm",William F. Silver House
at the

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521 Darlington Road

References

External links

*, including photo dated 1982, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Silver Houses Historic District, Harford County
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