Springfield Farm is a historic home and farm located at Williamsport, Washington County,

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. It was built in three distinct parts, with the center, or original section, dating from the second half of the 18th century. This two-story plus attic beaded clapboard house is five bays wide with an entrance in the center bay of both the first and second stories on the east façade. The property includes a

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and

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house both of rough fieldstone, and several smaller buildings. It was a home of Revolutionary War General Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794). It was listed on the

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in 1974. The farm's barn was purchased by the Town of Williamsport, which now operates the Williamsport Town Museum in the former milk parlor.

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Springfield Farm and Museum
- Town of Williamsport *, including photo from 1973, at Maryland Historical Trust Farm museums in Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Washington County, Maryland Museums in Washington County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland {{WashingtonCountyMD-NRHP-stub