Cedar Grove (Baltimore, Maryland)

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Cedar Grove
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Cedar Grove, August 2011
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Location301 Kendall Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°20′43″N76°37′46″W / 39.34528°N 76.62944°W / 39.34528; -76.62944 Coordinates: 39°20′43″N76°37′46″W / 39.34528°N 76.62944°W / 39.34528; -76.62944
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1799 (1799)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 96001349 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1996

Cedar Grove, also known as Ridgely's Whim or Sunday's Chance, is a historic home located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a large 2+12-story, side-passage, double-pile plan house constructed about 1841. A 1+12-story wing incorporates an earlier structure, built between 1799 and 1813. [2]

Cedar Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. Richard H. Randall (November 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cedar Grove" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.