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Best Endeavor

Coordinates: 39°30′12″N 76°15′55″W / 39.50333°N 76.26528°W / 39.50333; -76.26528
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Best Endeavor
Best Endeavor in 2007
Best Endeavor is located in Maryland
Best Endeavor
Best Endeavor is located in the United States
Best Endeavor
Location1612 Calvary Road (MD 136), Churchville, Maryland
Coordinates39°30′12″N 76°15′55″W / 39.50333°N 76.26528°W / 39.50333; -76.26528
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1740 (1740)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.90001993[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1990

Best Endeavor, also known as Buena Vista Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Churchville, Harford County, Maryland. It is a large, multi-sectioned, mid to late 18th century, partially stuccoed stone telescope house. It has two primary sections: the western unit, constructed about 1740, is four bays wide and about 1785, a 2+12-story, three-bay, side-passage / double parlor block was added against the east gable. Also on the property and dating from the mid-19th century or earlier are a stone smokehouse, a timber-framed barn with board and batten siding, a timber-framed shed, and the ruin of a large stone and frame bank barn.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Peter E. Kurtze (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Best Endeavor" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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