Silver Houses Historic District
Silver Houses Historic District is a national historic district near Darlington, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is a group of mid-19th century farmsteads and a church in rural east central Harford County. The district comprises a total of 36 resources, including four stone residences with related agricultural outbuildings, and the site of a fifth stone house, marked by a large frame barn, a frame tenant house, and two outbuildings. The houses were built between 1853 and 1859 by members of the Silver family. The district also includes the Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, a Gothic-influenced stone building of 1871, designed by John W. Hogg.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.Contributing properties
- Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, 440 Darlington Road
- Benjamin Silver House and John A. Silver House Site, 3646 Harmony Church Road
- Jeremiah P. Silver House, "Lebanon," aka "Seven Springs Farm," 337 Fox Road
- Silas B. Silver House, "Silverton", 3643 Harmony Church Road
- William F. Silver House, "Shadowstone Farm", 521 Darlington Road