Upper Fairmount Historic District is a national

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at Upper Fairmount, Somerset County,

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. The district encompasses this quiet rural village situated along Fairmount Road (

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). The village is landlocked, rural in character, and surrounded by farms, fields, wooded land and a few modern houses. Perhaps the most significant structure still standing is the Upper Fairmount Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1870. It was added to the

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in 1993.

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External links

*, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Upper Fairmount Historic District, Somerset County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Somerset County, Maryland Federal architecture in Maryland Greek Revival architecture in Maryland Victorian architecture in Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maryland {{SomersetCountyMD-NRHP-stub