Clover Hill (Brookeville, Maryland)

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Clover Hill
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Location21310 Zion Rd., Brookeville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°12′26″N77°5′41″W / 39.20722°N 77.09472°W / 39.20722; -77.09472 Coordinates: 39°12′26″N77°5′41″W / 39.20722°N 77.09472°W / 39.20722; -77.09472
Area12.1 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1764-1857
NRHP reference No. 82002817 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1982

Clover Hill is a historic home located at Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a large, 2+12-story, five bay Italianate-style residence principally built about 1857, with evidence of several earlier building campaigns, including a log dwelling from the mid 18th century. The ruins of a large bank barn and a stone springhouse stand on the property. The house was built by Ephraim Gaither, a Maryland legislator (1817–1820) and locally prominent citizen. [2]

Clover Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clover Hill" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.