Webster's Forest

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Webster's Forest
WEBSTER'S FOREST, CHURCHVILLE, HARFORD COUNTY, MD.jpg
Webster's Forest in 2007
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Location500 Asbury Road, Churchville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°32′32″N76°15′51″W / 39.54222°N 76.26417°W / 39.54222; -76.26417
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
NRHP reference No. 83002951 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1983

Webster's Forest is a historic home located at Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is a stone house constructed in two sections. The pre-1800 eastern section stands three bays wide, one and a half stories tall above a high basement, with a gambrel roof. Despite severe damage by fire in 1966, exterior walls, chimney, floor structures, most of the flooring, and portions of the cornice of this section remains original. The two-bay, gable-roofed west addition appears to date from the second quarter of the 19th century. [2]

Webster's Forest was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. James T. Wollon (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Webster's Forest" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.