Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, 175.6 miles above tidewater, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures.
Significance: The Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, the last lift lock and house along the canal, is one of three such log houses located at the upper end of the canal. It serves as an example of the type and quality of the auxiliary structures built during the last years of construction on the canal. This small house provided living quarters for the lock tender employee and his family and was located adjacent to the lock. The canal had reached Cumberland by 1850.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-58
Survey number: HABS MD-823
Building/structure dates: HABS MD-823