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Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland)

Glencoe
Glencoe House.jpg
Glencoe House taken September 25, 2012
Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland)
Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland) is located in the US
Glencoe (Glencoe, Maryland)
Location 1314 Glencoe Rd., Glencoe, Maryland
Coordinates 39°33′4″N 76°38′6″W / 39.55111°N 76.63500°W / 39.55111; -76.63500Coordinates: 39°33′4″N 76°38′6″W / 39.55111°N 76.63500°W / 39.55111; -76.63500
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1851 (1851)
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 83002942
Added to NRHP May 9, 1983

Glencoe is a historic home and resort complex located at Glencoe, Baltimore County, Maryland. It consists if a complex of Italianate-influenced domestic buildings and structures, clustered around a square, two-story frame dwelling. The house features a broad porch, which wraps around two sides with an iron-railed deck atop the porch. Four interior brick chimneys rise around a central observation deck. The property also includes a two-story, mansard roofed stable / carriage house, a smokehouse, ice house, sheep shed, garden house (probably a former chicken house), and a latticed frame gazebo. It was built in 1851-1856 as a private residence, but was subsequently developed as a summer resort.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Exterior of Glencoe House Taken From Front Driveway

Sign in front of Glencoe House, Circa 1810



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