The Washington Street Historic District is a national

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named after

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Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

, Allegany County,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. It is an approximately residential area to the west of downtown Cumberland and consists primarily of six blocks of Washington Street. It contains large-scale 19th- and 20th-century houses representing most of the major architectural styles, including examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic, Queen Anne, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, and bungalow. Also included in the district are the 1890s Romanesque courthouse, the 1850s Greek Revival academy building, and the Algonquin Hotel. It was listed on the

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in 1973. The Washington Street Historic District is home to the Washington Street Library, the Circuit Courthouse for Allegany County, the Allegany County Board of Education, and the Allegany County Historical Society. The remains of

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are also in the Washington Street Historic District.

References

External links

*, including photo in 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Washington Street Historic District, Allegany County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Historic districts in Allegany County, Maryland Cumberland, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, Maryland {{AlleganyCountyMD-NRHP-stub