Watkins Point Farm

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Watkins Point Farm
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Location27737 Phoenix Church Road, Marion Station, Maryland
Coordinates 37°58′51″N75°47′28″W / 37.98083°N 75.79111°W / 37.98083; -75.79111
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1780 (1780)
Architectural styleFederal, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 02001586 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 2002

Watkins Point Farm, also known as the James L. Horsey Farm and John T. Adams Farm, is a historic home located at Marion Station, Somerset County, Maryland. It is a three-part frame and sawn log dwelling. The one-room plan sawn log house was erected around 1780-90 and is extended to the west by a single-story, mid-19th century hyphen that connects the two-story, transverse-hall plan main block, erected around 1850. The interiors retain large portions of original woodwork. Also on the property is a 20th-century rusticated-block potato house. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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. Paul Baker Touart (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Watkins Point Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.