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Heighe House

Coordinates: 39°33′0″N 76°20′17″W / 39.55000°N 76.33806°W / 39.55000; -76.33806
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Heighe House
Heighe House in 2007
Heighe House is located in Maryland
Heighe House
Heighe House is located in the United States
Heighe House
LocationJunction of Southampton and Moores Mill Rds., Bel Air, Maryland
Coordinates39°33′0″N 76°20′17″W / 39.55000°N 76.33806°W / 39.55000; -76.33806
Area16.5 acres (6.7 ha)
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectDonn, John M.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.90001568[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1990

Heighe House is a historic home complex and national historic district at Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The complex consists of a Colonial Revival, 2+12-story stone main house built on and incorporating the stone foundations of the Moores Mill, built in 1745; a 1+12-story frame chauffeur's cottage; garage; and a 1+12-story stone and frame guest house. They are all located on a steeply sloping 17-acre (69,000 m2) site along Bynum Run. The property was developed in 1928 as a country estate for Anne McElderry Heighe (d. 1953), a woman widely regarded as the "first lady of Maryland racing."[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Christopher Weeks (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Heighe House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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