Seneca Historic District (Poolesville, Maryland)

The Seneca Historic District is a national historic district located at Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district comprises 3,850 acres (1,560 ha) of federal, state, and county parkland and farmland in which 15 historic buildings are situated. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, including Seneca Aqueduct (Aqueduct No. 1), Lock No. 24 (Riley's Lock), the adjacent lock house; as well as the Seneca Quarry and quarry masters house above the quarry also stand within the district and are also within Seneca Creek State Park.^[2] The 15 historic structures are surrounded by dependencies of various periods, in most cases dating from the period of the dwelling. There are slave quarters, smokehouses, springhouses, corn cribs, and tobacco barns.^[3]

Seneca Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Seneca Schoolhouse Museum
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Location	Southeast of Poolesville, Poolesville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°5′28″N 77°20′48″W
Area	3,850 acres (1,560 ha)
Built	1802 (1802)
Architectural style	Italianate, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	78001475[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1978

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Peck, Garrett (2012). The Potomac River: A History and Guide. Charleston, SC: The History Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1609496005.
3. Dorothy Muir; Mary Ann Kephart & Austin Kiplinger (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Seneca Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

• Seneca Historic District, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 17-63, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Boundary Map of the Seneca Historic District, Montgomery County, at Maryland Historical Trust