Salisbury Plantation (Westover, Maryland)

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Salisbury Plantation
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LocationClyde Ford Road, Westover, Maryland
Coordinates 38°5′18″N75°44′13″W / 38.08833°N 75.73694°W / 38.08833; -75.73694
Area63.8 acres (25.8 ha)
Built1725 (1725)
NRHP reference No. 75000919 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1975

Salisbury Plantation is a historic house located at Westover, Somerset County, Maryland. It has two principal sections: a 19th-century, two-story plus attic clapboard section whose roof ridge runs east to west, and a first-quarter-18th-century 1+12-story brick section with its ridge running north to south. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [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. "Maryland Historical Trust". Salisbury Plantation, Somerset County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-08.