Taylorstown Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Also known as: 053-0603
Why it's listed
Taylorstown is a small rural hamlet straddling Catoctin Creek in northern Loudoun County, about two miles from the Potomac River. This boundary increase adds just over eighteen acres and five properties to the existing historic district, bringing it to roughly seventy-nine acres. The properties are houses at 12995 Hoysville Road (circa 1790), 12969 Taylorstown Road (circa 1800, later altered in Gothic Revival style), 13090 Taylorstown Road (circa 1860), 13122 Furnace Mountain Road (circa 1880) and 13000 Hoysville Road (1988, noncontributing). Associated outbuildings include sheds, stables, a corncrib, a barn, a stone well and chicken houses. The two earliest houses west of the creek were built when Thomas Taylor was dividing his land around the mill into small lots, an early planned development from which the village took its name. The added resources share the social and architectural history of the original district and retain sufficient integrity to justify the expansion.
Significance in brief: The added properties share the social and architectural history of the original district and retain enough integrity to justify expanding it to about seventy-nine acres. They include houses from the late 1790s and early 1800s that may lie within Thomas Taylor's early subdivision of the mill village, plus later nineteenth-century houses and farm outbuildings tied to the milling settlement.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 05000474, listed May 26, 2005. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 13122 Furnace Mountain, 13090 Taylorstown, 12969 Taylorstown, 12995 Hoysville, and 13000 Hoysvile Rds., Taylorstown |
|---|---|
| County | Loudoun County |
| Listed | May 26, 2005 |
| Reference number | 05000474 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival; I-house; other vernacular wood-frame dwellings |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Properties are in current use as single dwellings with secondary structures; the boundary increase includes 15 contributing and 6 noncontributing resources. |
| Acreage | 18.1 |
| Within district | Taylorstown Historic District |
| Coordinates | 39.25794, -77.57398 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 05000474.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7690262
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.