Editing Fort Detrick (section)

==On post historic sites==
Fort Detrick has three sites (and four structures) on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:
* The [[Nallin Farm House]] (''circa'' 1835)
* The [[Nallin Farm Springhouse and Bank Barn]] (pre-1798)
* The [[One-Million-Liter Test Sphere|One Million Liter Sphere]], the "Eight Ball" (1947–48)

In addition, the following sites on the installation are of historic interest:

* A rocky knoll overlooking Frederick, and located near the Old Farm Gate (northwest gate) of Fort Detrick, was the site of historic structures. The [[Novitiate Academy]] of Frederick built an impressive estate, '''Saint Joseph's Villa''', on the hill in 1895. This was located there because of '''Restoration Spring''' just to the north at the base of the hill. The Academy moved to New York in 1903 and the Villa was subsequently demolished. Dr. Rudolph Rau, a Frederick surgeon, bought the land in 1911 and constructed an imposing white mansion with [[Giant order|colossal columns]], a third-floor ballroom and carriage house. This estate, '''"Wide Pastures"''', also included an extensive [[Italianate]] woodland and terraced garden. This property was sold in 1929 to Robert Bright who used it as a summerhouse until 1943. Three years later, the U.S. government bought it and it was used as the Fort Detrick post commander's residence until it too was demolished in 1977. Today, only retaining walls and some flagstone paths remain, but photos of both the Novitiate Academy building and Dr. Rau's mansion can be seen as part of interpretive signage at the site.
* [[Building 470]], a pilot plant known as "Anthrax Tower" (1953; demolished in 2003)