Orem's Delight

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Orem's Delight
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LocationFerry Neck Road, Bellevue, Maryland
Coordinates 38°41′10″N76°12′11″W / 38.68611°N 76.20306°W / 38.68611; -76.20306 Coordinates: 38°41′10″N76°12′11″W / 38.68611°N 76.20306°W / 38.68611; -76.20306
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1725 (1725)
Built byOrem, Morris
NRHP reference No. 78001477 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 4, 1978

Orem's Delight is a historic home at Bellevue, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The house, which was built about 1725, is a 20-by-25-foot, 1+12-story brick structure with an interior chimney. It is one of the few small 18th-century structures to have survived without incorporation into a larger dwelling. [2]

Orem's Delight was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [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. Michael O. Bourne and Cynthia Ludlow (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Orem's Delight" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.