4 mi. SW of Urbana off U.S. 240, Urbana, Maryland. County/parish: Frederick.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1973. NRIS 73000919.
1 contributing building. 3 contributing sites.Also known as:
The Amelung House and Glassworks is a historic home located at Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, late-Georgian brick home on a stone foundation built about 1785. The property once had the New Bremen glassworks built by Johann Friedrich Amelung after he came to Maryland in 1784; no above-ground remains of the factory remain. Fine examples of New Bremen glass work may be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York; and Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, Delaware.
The Amelung House and Glassworks was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106777287