Mannheim (San Mar, Maryland)

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Mannheim
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LocationSan Mar Rd., San Mar, Maryland
Coordinates 39°33′19″N77°37′51″W / 39.55528°N 77.63083°W / 39.55528; -77.63083 Coordinates: 39°33′19″N77°37′51″W / 39.55528°N 77.63083°W / 39.55528; -77.63083
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No. 79003260 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1979

Mannheim is a historic home and former grist mill located at San Mar, Washington County, Maryland, United States. The house is a 2-story, three-bay structure built of roughly coursed local limestone, with a one-story stone kitchen wing. Also on the property is a large frame bank barn and a small board-and-batten service kitchen or wash house. Nearby are the remains of a saw mill a large 2 12-story grist mill. The mill on this property, known as "Murray's Mill," was in operation through the 19th century. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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. Paula Stoner Dickey (April 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mannheim" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.