Current NHLs
The NHLs are distributed over 17 of Maryland's 23 counties and its one county-equivalent, the independent city of Baltimore.
For consistency, places are listed by their National Historic Landmark program names.
| Landmark name | Image | Year listed | Locality | County* | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accokeek Creek Site | image pending | 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 | Accokeek |
Prince George's | Archaeological site of a palisaded village occupied from ca. A.D. 1300 to ca. 1630 | |
| Baltimore (tug) | 01993-11-04November 4, 1993 | Baltimore |
none | Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States | ||
| Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum and Mount Clare Station | 01961-09-15September 15, 1961 | Baltimore |
none | Collections of 19th- and 20th-century artifacts related to America's railroads; 250 pieces of railroad rolling stock; 15,000 artifacts; four nineteenth-century buildings, including the historic roundhouse; a mile of historic track | ||
| Clara Barton House | 01965-01-12January 12, 1965 | Glen Echo |
Montgomery | Home of Clara Barton; American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian; founder of the American Red Cross | ||
| Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge | 02000-02-16February 16, 2000 | Savage |
Howard | Sole surviving example of the first successful all-metal bridge design to be adopted and consistently used on a railroad | ||
| Brice House | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | Preserved 18th century Georgian style brick house | ||
| Carrollton Viaduct | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | Oldest operating railway bridge in the world. | ||
| Rachel Carson House | 01991-12-04December 4, 1991 | Silver Spring |
Montgomery | House where Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962 | ||
| Casselmans Bridge, National Road | 01964-01-29January 29, 1964 | Grantsville |
Garrett | Bridge built in 1813 on the National Road, the nation's first major public works project | ||
| Whittaker Chambers Farm | image pending | 01988-05-17May 17, 1988 | Westminster |
Carroll | Farm home of Whittaker Chambers, accuser of Alger Hiss; papers hidden here in a pumpkin led to Hiss's conviction; Chambers wrote Witness, his best-selling autobiography, here | |
| Chase-Lloyd House | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | Three-story brick Georgian mansion dating from 1769-1774 | ||
| Chestertown Historic District | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Chestertown |
Kent | |||
| College of Medicine of Maryland | 01997-09-25September 25, 1997 | Baltimore |
none | Oldest medical school building in the U.S. | ||
| Colonial Annapolis Historic District | 01965-06-23June 23, 1965 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000383, and boundary increase NRHP 84003875, in 1984. | ||
| USS Constellation (frigate) | 01963-05-23May 23, 1963 | Baltimore |
none | Constructed in 1854; sloop-of-war, or corvette; second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name | ||
| Doughoregan Manor | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Ellicott City |
Howard | Built in 1766; until 1832 home of Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence | ||
| Edna E. Lockwood (Bugeye) | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | St. Michaels |
Talbot | Built in 1889; Chesapeake Bay bugeye; last working oyster boat of her kind | ||
| Ellicott City Station | 01968-11-24November 24, 1968 | Ellicott City |
Howard | |||
| First Unitarian Church | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 72001495 | ||
| Fort Frederick | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Big Pool |
Washington | NRHP 73000939 | ||
| Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory | 01989-12-20December 20, 1989 | Gaithersburg |
Montgomery | NRHP 85001578 | ||
| Greenbelt Historic District | 01997-02-18February 18, 1997 | Greenbelt |
Prince George's | |||
| Habre-de-venture | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Port Tobacco |
Charles | NRHP 72001595 | ||
| Hammond-Harwood House | 01960-10-09October 9, 1960 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000384 | ||
| Hilda M. Willing (skipjack) | image pending | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | Tilghman |
Talbot | ||
| His Lordship's Kindness | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Rosaryville |
Prince George's | NRHP 70000853 | ||
| Homewood | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 71001033 | ||
| Kathryn (skipjack) | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | Tilghman Island |
Talbot | NRHP 85001090. | ||
| Kennedy Farm | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Samples Manor |
Washington | NRHP 73000941. Also known as John Brown's Headquarters]]. | ||
| Lightship No. 116, "Chesapeake" | 01989-12-20December 20, 1989 | Baltimore |
none | Built in 1930 at Charleston Drydock & Machine Co; took on the name of whatever station she was anchored at | ||
| London Town Publik House | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Woodland Beach |
Anne Arundel | A county alms house | ||
| J. C. Lore Oyster House | 02001-08-07August 7, 2001 | Solomons |
Calvert | |||
| Maryland Statehouse | 01960-12-19December 19, 1960 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000385 | ||
| Elmer V. McCollum House | image pending | 01976-01-07January 7, 1976 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 76002182 | |
| H. L. Mencken House | 01983-07-28July 28, 1983 | Baltimore |
none | A home of author H. L. Mencken. The house is included in the Union Square-Hollins Market Historic District. | ||
| Minor Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | |||
| Monocacy Battlefield | 01973-11-08November 8, 1973 | Frederick |
Frederick | NRHP 66000908 | ||
| Montpelier | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Laurel |
Prince George's | NRHP 70000852 | ||
| Mount Clare | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 70000860 | ||
| Mount Royal Station and Trainshed | 01976-12-08December 8, 1976 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 73002191. | ||
| Mount Vernon Place Historic District | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 71001037 | ||
| Nellie Crockett (Buy-Boat) | image pending | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | Georgetown |
Kent | Chesapeake Bay oyster buy-boat; built in 1926. | |
| Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal | 01965-01-12January 12, 1965 | Chesapeake City |
Cecil | NRHP 66000390 | ||
| Paca House and Garden | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | |||
| Peale's Baltimore Museum | 01965-12-21December 21, 1965 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 66000915 | ||
| Phoenix Shot Tower | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 69000373 | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 71001043 | ||
| Rebecca T. Ruark (Skipjack) | 02003-07-31July 31, 2003 | Tilghman Island |
Talbot | |||
| Ira Remsen House | image pending | 01975-05-15May 15, 1975 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 75002102 | |
| Riversdale Mansion | 01997-12-09December 9, 1997 | Riverdale |
Prince George's | |||
| Henry August Rowland House | 01975-05-15May 15, 1975 | Baltimore |
none | Home of physicist Henry Augustus Rowland. Perhaps name should be Henry Augustus Rowland House, but it is not. | ||
| St. Mary's City Historic District | 01969-08-04August 4, 1969 | St. Marys City |
St. Mary's | |||
| St. Mary's Seminary Chapel | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Baltimore |
none | |||
| NS Savannah | 01991-07-17July 17, 1991 | Baltimore |
Baltimore | NRHP 90000608 | ||
| Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and Gate House | 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 | Towson |
Baltimore County | NRHP 71000369 | ||
| Sion Hill | 01992-04-27April 27, 1992 | Havre De Grace |
Harford | NRHP 90000608 | ||
| Sotterley | 02000-02-16February 16, 2000 | Hollywood |
St. Mary's | |||
| Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility | 01985-10-03October 3, 1985 | Greenbelt |
Prince George's | NRHP 85002811 | ||
| Star-Spangled Banner Flag House | 01969-12-16December 16, 1969 | Baltimore |
none | House where Mary Young Pickersgill sewed the large Star-Spangled Banner flag of the United States, to fly over Fort McHenry, inspiring the U.S. national anthem. | ||
| Peggy Stewart House | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 73000887 | ||
| USCGC Taney | 01968-06-07June 7, 1968 | Baltimore |
none | |||
| Thomas Point Shoal Light Station | 01999-01-20January 20, 1999 | Annapolis | Anne Arundel | |||
| Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad | 01964-01-28January 28, 1964 | Relay |
Baltimore County & Howard County | NRHP 66000388. | ||
| USS Torsk | 01986-01-14January 14, 1986 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 86000090. | ||
| Tulip Hill | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Galesville |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 70000261 | ||
| United States Naval Academy | 01961-07-04July 4, 1961 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000386. | ||
| Washington Aqueduct | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Great Falls, MD and Washington, DC |
Montgomery, MD and District of Columbia | (Also in District of Columbia) | ||
| William Henry Welch House | image pending | 01976-01-07January 7, 1976 | Baltimore |
none | NRHP 76002186. | |
| West St. Mary's Manor | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Drayden |
St. Mary's | NRHP 70000854 | ||
| Whitehall | 01960-10-09October 9, 1960 | Annapolis |
Anne Arundel | NRHP 66000387 | ||
| Wm. B. TENNISON (Buy-Boat) | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | Solomons |
Calvert | NRHP 80001799. | ||
| Wye House | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Easton |
Talbot |
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