Shaw Mansion (Barton, Maryland)

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Shaw Mansion
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LocationLaurel Run Cemetery Road, Barton, Maryland
Coordinates 39°32′31″N79°0′28″W / 39.54194°N 79.00778°W / 39.54194; -79.00778 Coordinates: 39°32′31″N79°0′28″W / 39.54194°N 79.00778°W / 39.54194; -79.00778
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1872 (1872)
Built byShaw, Andrew
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 85001345 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1985

The Shaw Mansion is an Italianate style house in the George's Creek Valley of Allegany County, Maryland, built in 1872. The house is significant as an unusually large and well-preserved example of the style for its area, with stone trim, detailed brick bonding, cast-iron mantels and much of the original interior woodwork. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Orlando Ridout V (1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Shaw Mansion" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.