Reisterstown Historic District is a national

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Reisterstown Reisterstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore and Carroll counties, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 25,968. Founded by German immigrant John Reister in 1758, Reister ...

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. Its development is inseparably identified with the roads that converge to form Main Street. They are

Maryland Route 30 Maryland Route 30 (MD 30) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Hanover Pike, the highway runs from Maryland Route 140, MD 140 in Reisterstown, Maryland, Reisterstown north to the Pennsylvania state ...

and

Maryland Route 140 Maryland Route 140 (MD 140) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs from U.S. Route 1 in Maryland, U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and U.S. Route 40 Truck (Baltimore, Maryland), US 40 Truck in Baltimore northwest to the Pennsylvan ...

. The earliest structures, including several of log, date to the late 18th century, although the town was founded in 1758. It developed as a convenient stopping place for weary travelers from the outer reaches of Western Maryland or Pennsylvania and many businesses catered to the traveler: including taverns and inns, smithshops, saddleries, stables, waggoners. It was added to the

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in 1979.

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External links

*, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust
Boundary Map of the Reisterstown Historic District, Baltimore County
at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Baltimore County, Maryland Victorian architecture in Maryland Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Reisterstown, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland {{BaltimoreCountyMD-NRHP-stub