Emmitsburg in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

306 West Main Street

Emmitsburg Historic District

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 22, 2019

1. 306 West Main Street Marker

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Emmittsburg Historic District
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Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Departments of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 39° 42.331′ N, 77° 19.806′ W. Marker is in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in Frederick County. It is on West Main Street (Maryland Route 140) east of Patterson Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 306 West Main Street, Emmitsburg MD 21727, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: America Goes to War (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Spirit of the American Doughboy (about 700 feet away); The Emmit House (about 700 feet away); Emmitsburg (approx. 0.2 miles away); Emmitsburg Memorial Post (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland (approx. 0.2 miles away); Francis Xavier Elder (approx. 0.2 miles away); Emmitsburg Maryland Roll of Honor World War II (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emmitsburg.

Regarding 306 West Main Street. The Emmitsburg Historic District is significant because it reflects the growth and development of this northern Frederick

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County market center and because of the collection of buildings which line its streets reflecting small town interpretations of most of the major styles which characterized American architecture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and pre-World War II period of the twentieth century. These buildings reflect the town's continued growth and prosperity in the mid 19th century and its rebuilding efforts after the fire of 1863.
306 West Main Street is indicated as "a contributing resource with an exceptionally high level of integrity and historic and/or architectural significance to the nomination".

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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 22, 2019

2. 306 West Main Street

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