Harris Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Walkersville, Frederick County,

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. The main house was built in 1855, and is a three-story center plan house in predominantly late

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syle, with some

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elements. The agricultural complex consists of a

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with an attached

granary A granary, also known as a grain house and historically as a granarium in Latin, is a post-harvest storage building primarily for grains or seeds. Granaries are typically built above the ground to prevent spoilage and protect the stored grains o ...

; a second frame barn that shares an animal yard with the bank barn; a row of frame outbuildings including a converted garage, a workshop, and a

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. There is also a drive-through double

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; and a frame pig pen from 1914. The 20th-century buildings consist of a frame poultry house, a dairy barn with milk house and two

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s, and an octagonal chicken coop. A

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is located on the edge of the property. The property is preserved as part of the Walkersville Heritage Farm Park. The Harris Farm was listed on the

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in 1994.

References

External links

*, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust
Walkersville Heritage Farm Park website
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Frederick County, Maryland Houses completed in 1855 Greek Revival houses in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Maryland Lime kilns in the United States {{FrederickCountyMD-NRHP-stub