Myrtle Grove (Easton, Maryland)

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Myrtle Grove
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LocationGoldsborough Neck Rd., Easton, Maryland
Coordinates 38°48′15″N76°7′6″W / 38.80417°N 76.11833°W / 38.80417; -76.11833
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No. 74000967 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1974

Myrtle Grove is a historic home in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. It consists of a frame section dating from the first half of the 18th century, a 1790 Flemish bond brick section, and a 1927 frame wing. The oldest section is five bays wide and one and a half stories tall on a brick foundation laid in English bond. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [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. Ann E. Hill and Pamela James (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Myrtle Grove" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.