142 West Broadway Street
Union Bridge, MD, USA

142 West Broadway Street, Union Bridge, MD, USA

Original Owner: Joseph Moore
Architect: Peter Pearre

The first owner of this house, Joseph Moore, is inextricably connected to the history of Carroll County and the Town of Union Bridge. The Twelfth District of Carroll County, known as Union Bridge, was created by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed March 14, 1872. One of the original petitioners for its creation was Joseph Moore (1802-1885), who was well known as a real estate investor. In 1838, Joseph Moore purchased from David Switzer the tract of land known as the “Rich Indian Garden,” consisting of 41 acres, a great part of which he sold by the acre or fraction of an acre. Moore began construction of his five-bay, central gable, stretcher bond brick house with a two-story bay window at the west end of Broadway in August 1879 and completed it the following year, when it was valued at $2800. Moore was one of the most prominent members of the community, a fact which he carefully reinforced by siting his house at the end of the widest and most prominent residential portio

The kitchen features a pressed tin ceiling and task lighting, 42” cherry cabinets, tile floor and backsplash, and stainless steel appliances. An original pass-through permits serving from the kitchen to the banquet-size dining room. (HistoricProperties.com)

The house has been thoughtfully restored and renovated while keeping original quality features like hardwood floors, chair rails, plaster walls and old glass. (HistoricProperties.com)