Roberts Inn, is a historic home and farm located at Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland. The complex consists of a 2+1⁄2-story stuccoed stone house with a reconstructed log wing built about 1808, and several 19th- to early-20th-century agricultural outbuildings, including a frame bank barn, a frame ground barn, a tile dairy, and a frame silo. The construction of the house coincided with the extension of the National Pike through the Cooksville area. Documentary and architectural evidence supports its use as a turnpike tavern from an early date. Tradition holds that Marquis de Lafayette breakfasted at Roberts Inn during his 1824 tour of America.[2]
Roberts Inn | |
 Roberts Inn, January 2011 | |
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| Location | 14610 Frederick Rd., Cooksville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′15.9″N 77°01′12.7″W / 39.321083°N 77.020194°W |
| Area | 18.6 acres (7.5 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000661[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 2006 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1] It is located off of Route 144 off the intersection of Route 144 and Route 97.
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kenneth M. Short (October 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Roberts Inn" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
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- Roberts Inn, Howard County, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust