Fat Oxen is a historic home located near Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-story Flemish bond brick house over a high rough stone foundation, with a shorter kitchen wing. It was built about 1775 and is basically Georgian vernacular architecture in style. The home is a notable example of an English farmhouse in a region that was largely populated by German Americans.[2]

Fat Oxen
Fat Oxen, September 2010
Fat Oxen is located in Maryland
Fat Oxen
Fat Oxen is located in the United States
Fat Oxen
LocationNorth of Urbana on Maryland Route 355, near Urbana, Maryland
Coordinates39°20′0.45″N 77°21′21.95″W / 39.3334583°N 77.3560972°W / 39.3334583; -77.3560972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1775 (1775)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Georgian vernacular
NRHP reference No.79001133[1]
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1979

Fat Oxen was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] Natelli Communities was one of the entities that helped preserve the Fat Oxen which is now used as a community clubhouse.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jack L. Finglass and Cherilyn Widell (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fat Oxen" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. ^ Wolfrom, Jessica (2021-04-08). "A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  4. ^ Roberts, Angela (2022-05-12). "Artists invited to create historic imaginations of Urbana's Fat Oxen during paint-out". The Frederick News-Post. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
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