Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex
Historic buildings in Maryland, United States
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The Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex is a historic trade school complex located near Buckeystown, Frederick County, Maryland. It consists of thirteen buildings associated with a trade school for boys from poor families that operated from 1898 to 1944. The complex centers on a 3-story dormitory building built for the school, but also includes the late 18th-century Federal style Buckingham House. The surrounding farm was, uniquely for the area, irrigated. Bordering the Monocacy River, the grounds include several significant late Woodland period archeological sites.[2]
Buckingham House and Industrial School Complex | |
Buckingham School, April 2009 | |
  Location within Maryland  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Off Maryland Routes 80 and 85, Buckeystown, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°18′52″N 77°25′26″W |
| Area | 310 acres (130 ha) |
| Built | 1750 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002812[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 20, 1982 |
After the school closed, the property was donated to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. It became a youth camp and then a conference center named after the first bishop ordained in Maryland, the Rev. Claggett.[citation needed]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
