Antrim (Taneytown, Maryland)

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| name = Antrim

| nrhp_type =

| image = Antrim 1844 Mansion and Garden (2509250023).jpg

| caption = Antrim house and gardens

| location = 30 Trevanion Road, Taneytown, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|39|15|N|77|10|29|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| built = 1844

| builder = Col. Andrew E. Ege

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = September 16, 1977

| area = {{convert|20|acre|ha}}

| refnum = 77000686{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Antrim 1844 Country House Hotel is a historic inn located in the heart of Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The Mansion is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story Greek Revival style brick masonry house constructed in 1844.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-431.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Antrim |date=January 1977 |accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=Joseph M. Getty |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}} The property retains many of its outbuildings and is operated as a hotel and restaurant. In 2022 the hotel itself is currently a member of Historic Hotels of America, an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.{{Cite web |title=Antrim 1844: History |url=https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/antrim-1844/history.php |access-date=2022-12-14 |publisher=Historic Hotels of America |language=en}}

The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as Antrim.

History

In 1834, at the age of 22, Col. Andrew Ege married Margaret Ann McKaleb, daughter of Maj. John McKaleb, one of Taneytown's successful merchants. After the deaths of Margaret's only brother in 1841 and John McKaleb's death in January 1843, Margaret and Andrew inherited his 420-acre estate in Taneytown. Once settled, Andrew and Margaret commenced construction on Antrim in 1844, enlisting the services of Baltimore builder Benjamin Forrester, and sculptor William Henry Rinehart.{{cite news |last1=Buie |first1=David |title=Carroll Yesteryears: Builder of Antrim in Taneytown had long career as lawyer, farmer, politician in Carroll County and Kansas |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/lifestyles/cc-lt-yesteryears-082320-20200822-shitckpubvb6tekodp3rfp2n74-story.html |access-date=May 23, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=Carroll County Times |date=August 22, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Tasker |first1=Greg |title=A Hasty Retreat Maryland: Little time to get away? A night or two of restorative pampering is as close as three charming B & Bs; within an hour's drive of Baltimore. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-11-01-1998305171-story.html |access-date=May 23, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 1, 1998}} The inn is named after Margaret's family's ancestral home in County Antrim, Ireland.{{cite news |last1=Kyles |first1=Akira |title=Smokehouse Restaurant at Antrim 1844, in Taneytown, named 'Best Historic Restaurant' |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-antrim-1844-award-20200123-hopr5szd6rayferyaz6ftj4zay-story.html |access-date=May 23, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=Carroll County Times |date=January 23, 2020}}

On the lands, Ege operated a large slave plantation, raising 14 horses, 12 milk cows, and 18 other cattle, which produced 1,000 pounds of butter. He also cultivated 900 bushels of wheat, rye, corn, oats, potatoes, and hay on the acreage. However, after Ege went bankrupt, the estate was purchased by a local farmer, whose descendants expanded the land holdings and continued to operate it as a farm until the 1940s. Subsequently, the mansion was only used as a summer home until Dort and Richard Mollett bought it in 1988.{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Larry |title=Innkeeping With the Past |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/03/11/innkeeping-with-the-past/60752ad2-0c0d-4afc-b74b-2ed8757083c9/ |access-date=May 23, 2022 |work=The Washington Post |date=March 11, 1994}}

Following the death of his wife in 1851, Andrew remarried and relocated his family to the border between Missouri and Kansas.

References

External links

{{MHT url|id=433|title=Antrim, Carroll County}}, including photo in 1989, at Maryland Historical Trust
[http://www.antrim1844.com Antrim 1844 Country House Hotel]

Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

Category:Houses in Carroll County, Maryland

Category:Houses completed in 1844

Category:Greek Revival houses in Maryland

Category:Plantations in Maryland

Category:Taneytown, Maryland

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Maryland

Category:Historic Hotels of America