Mercer Brown House | |
Mercer Brown House, April 2010 | |
Location | 1270 England Creamery Rd., Rising Sun, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°41′28″N75°59′52″W / 39.69111°N 75.99778°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1746 |
Built by | Brown, Mercer (Messer); Et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 87000815 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1987 |
The Mercer Brown House is a historic house located at Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It consists of three distinct portions: a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed Flemish bond brick part dating to 1746; a three bay wide frame portion of the house dating to the early and late 19th century; and a log pen addition. The house is an example of the Pennsylvania Quaker building tradition in Maryland. The property also has an early-20th century bank barn. [2]
The Mercer Brown House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1987. [1]