Barnaby House

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Barnaby House
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Barnaby House, September 2012
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Location212 N. Morris St., Oxford, Maryland
Coordinates 38°41′26.93″N76°10′24.68″W / 38.6908139°N 76.1735222°W / 38.6908139; -76.1735222 Coordinates: 38°41′26.93″N76°10′24.68″W / 38.6908139°N 76.1735222°W / 38.6908139; -76.1735222
Arealess than one acre
Built1770 (1770)
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No. 92001228 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1992

Barnaby House is a historic home in Oxford, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+12-story, side-hall / double-pile frame house erected in 1770. It features a steeply pitched wood shingle roof marked by two shed-roofed dormers and a single-story brick-ended kitchen wing. It is one of only three 18th-century buildings remaining in Oxford. [2]

Barnaby House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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 B. Touart (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Barnaby House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.