Heighe House

Heighe House
Location Junction of Southampton and Moores Mill Rds., Bel Air, Maryland
Coordinates 39°33′0″N 76°20′17″W / 39.55000°N 76.33806°W / 39.55000; -76.33806Coordinates: 39°33′0″N 76°20′17″W / 39.55000°N 76.33806°W / 39.55000; -76.33806
Area 16.5 acres (6.7 ha)
Built 1929 (1929)
Architect Donn, John M.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 90001568[1]
Added to NRHP November 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 1⁄2-story stone main house built on and incorporating the stone foundations of the Moores Mill, built in 1745; a ​1 1⁄2-story frame chauffeur's cottage; garage; and a ​1 1⁄2-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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Christopher Weeks (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Heighe House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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