Borderside

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Borderside
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LocationOakland--Westernport Rd., Bloomington, Maryland
Coordinates 39°28′37.2″N79°4′24.2″W / 39.477000°N 79.073389°W / 39.477000; -79.073389 Coordinates: 39°28′37.2″N79°4′24.2″W / 39.477000°N 79.073389°W / 39.477000; -79.073389
Area4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 75000898 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1975

Borderside, also known as Brydon Mansion, was a historic home located at Bloomington, Garrett County, Maryland, United States. It was a 2+12-story, with 3-story tower, Italianate style brick structure that burned in the mid- to late 1970s. The tower had a pronounced bell-curve Mansard roof. It was built in 1870 for William A. Brydon, a coal and lumber dealer and member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1867. [2]

Borderside was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ronald Andrews (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Borderside" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.