Fat Oxen

Historic house in Maryland, United States

United States historic place


Fat Oxen
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fat Oxen, September 2010
39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1775 (1775)
Architectural style	Georgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.	79001133^[1]
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.^[2]

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1] Natelli Communities was one of the entities that helped preserve the Fat Oxen which is now used as a community clubhouse.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
^ Wolfrom, Jessica (2021-04-08). "A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
^ Roberts, Angela (2022-05-12). "Artists invited to create historic imaginations of Urbana's Fat Oxen during paint-out". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2023-11-05.