Oakwood (Harwood, Maryland)

Oakwood is a historic house at Harwood, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built in the 1850s and is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame vernacular farmhouse with Greek Revival influenced details. It is a highly intact, mid-19th-century tobacco plantation dwelling and is associated with Sprigg Harwood, a leader in the failed initiative to have Maryland leave the Union and align with the newly formed Confederate States of America.^[2]

Oakwood
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic Oakwood with two-story addition added in 2019, and paved circular driveway added in 2021.
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Location	4566 Solomons Island Rd., Harwood, Maryland
Coordinates	38°51′25.87″N 76°37′4.11″W
Built	1850
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	01000820 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 2, 2001

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

See also

• Maryland in the American Civil War
• Tulip Hill

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Sherri M. Marsh (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Oakwood" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

• Oakwood, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
• www.oakwood.estate, including past owner photos of projects and restorations.