Mercer Brown House
Mercer Brown House | |
 Mercer Brown House, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 1270 England Creamery Rd., Rising Sun, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°41′28″N 75°59′52″W / 39.69111°N 75.99778°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1746 |
| Built by | Brown, Mercer (Messer); Et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000815[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1987 |
The Mercer Brown House is a historic house located at Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It consists of three distinct portions: a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed Flemish bond brick part dating to 1746; a three bay wide frame portion of the house dating to the early and late 19th century; and a log pen addition. The house is an example of the Pennsylvania Quaker building tradition in Maryland. The property also has an early-20th century bank barn.[2]
The Mercer Brown House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1987.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Geoffrey B. Henry (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mercer Brown House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
[edit]- Mercer Brown House, Cecil County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
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