Granite Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Maryland, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Granite Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = GRANITE HISTORIC DISTRICT, BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD.jpg

| caption = "Woodside" (c. 1886) house built by Atwood Blunt, Jr, one of the Granite quarry owners

| location = Roughly, area surrounding Old Court Rd. and St. Paul Ave., Granite, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|20|36|N|76|50|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| district_map = {{Infobox mapframe}}

| built = {{Start date|1750}}

| architect = Kennedy, Thomas C.

| architecture = Late Victorian

| added = September 22, 1994

| area = {{convert|190|acre}}

| refnum = 94001091{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Granite Historic District is a national historic district in Granite, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It comprises the focus of a rural quarrying community located in the Patapsco Valley of western Baltimore County, Maryland. It includes two churches, a school, a social hall, former commercial buildings, and houses and outbuildings, representing the period from the initial settlement of the area about 1750 through the early 20th century, when the village achieved its present form. The district also includes the former Waltersville quarry, one of two major granite operations in the region during the period. Granite from the Waltersville and Fox Rock quarries was utilized in construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 1830s, and later in such projects as the Library of Congress, old Treasury Building, and parts of the inner walls of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., and numerous other projects in Baltimore city and county.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-1130.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Granite Historic District|date=March 1994|accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Peter E. Kurtze|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Granite National Historic District Plaque.jpg | Historic District designation plaque

Granite National Historic District Plaque Rock.jpg | Historic District designation plaque on a piece of granite

Weller's Quarry PlateXIV Fig1 MD Geological Survey Volume 2.jpg | Weller's Quarry