Cedar Park is a historic home at Galesville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It was originally constructed in 1702 as a 1+1⁄2-story post-in-the-ground structure, with hand-hewn timbers and riven clapboards and chimneys at either end, the earliest surviving earthfast constructed dwelling in Maryland and Virginia. Later additions and modifications, in 1736 and in the early 19th century, resulted in the brick structure of today. Also on the property is a frame tenant house or slave quarters of the mid-19th century. It was the birthplace and home of Founding Father John Francis Mercer, and between 1825 and 1834 it was an academy for young women operated by his daughter, Margaret Mercer, as "Miss Mercer's School."[2]
Cedar Park | |
 Cedar Park, circa 1933 | |
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| Nearest city | Galesville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°51′37″N 76°32′56″W / 38.86028°N 76.54889°W |
| Built | 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000061[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 15, 1969 |
Cedar Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (May 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cedar Park" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
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Media related to Cedar Park (Galesville, Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons
- Cedar Park, Anne Arundel County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-847, "Cedar Park, Cumberstone Road on West River, Cumberstone vicinity, Anne Arundel County, MD", 18 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material