Bennett-Kelly Farm

5842 Oakland Rd., Sykesville, Maryland. County/parish: Carroll.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 23, 2004. NRIS 04001378.

7 contributing buildings. 1 contributing object.

Also known as:

  • CARR-1672
  • Cold Saturday Farm
  • Larrabee Farms
  • Mt. Pleasant

From Wikipedia:

Bennett-Kelly Farm

The Bennett-Kelly Farm is an historic home and farm complex located at Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The complex consists of a stone and frame house, a stone mounting block, a stone smokehouse, a frame bank barn, a frame wagon shed, a frame chicken house, a concrete block dairy or tool shed, and a stone spring house. The original mid-19th century stone section of the house is three bays wide and two stories high. The house features a one-bay Greek Revival pedimented portico with Doric columns. It is an example of a type of family farmstead that characterized rural agricultural Carroll County from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century.

The Bennett-Kelly Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106776979

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