Fat Oxen
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Fat Oxen, September 2010
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Location | North of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°WCoordinates: 39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1775 |
Architectural style | Georgian, Georgian vernacular |
NRHP Reference # | 79001133 |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 1979 |
Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1 1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans.
Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.