Williams' Conquest

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Williams' Conquest
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LocationCharles Cannon Road, Marion Station, Maryland
Coordinates 38°4′23″N75°45′43″W / 38.07306°N 75.76194°W / 38.07306; -75.76194
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1733 (1733)
NRHP reference No. 84001886 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1984

Williams' Conquest, also known as Williams' Green, is a historic home located at Marion Station, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-story Flemish bond brick house constructed about 1733 on Gales Creek. Additions occurred between 1825 and 1850 with the frame kitchen with an exterior chimney on the gable end, and a smaller utility wing added in 1968. The house represent the first phase of permanent Somerset County buildings that have survived to modern times. [2]

Williams' Conquest was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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 Touart (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Williams' Conquest" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.