Avondale is a historic home located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. It is a Georgian style, 2+1⁄2-story brick house, measuring approximately 45 feet long by 18+1⁄2 feet deep, built about 1796. The house has a two-story wing measuring approximately 49 feet long by 13 feet deep. It features a Palladian window centered on the pavilion directly over the entrance door.[2]
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| Location | 501 Stone Chapel Road, Westminster, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W / 39.55917°N 77.03028°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1796 |
| Built by | Masters, Legh |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000877[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 10, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
An iron foundry was built in the community of Avondale in 1765 by Leigh Master, a settler from New Hall, Lancashire, England, who operated it using slave labor.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ J. Richard Rivoire (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Avondale" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ Chidester, Robert C. "VII. Piedmont". A Historic Context for the Archaeology of Industrial Labor in the State of Maryland. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
External links
edit- Avondale, Carroll County, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust