Mercer Brown House


Mercer Brown House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mercer Brown House, April 2010
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Location	1270 England Creamery Rd., Rising Sun, Maryland
Coordinates	39°41′28″N 75°59′52″W / 39.69111°N 75.99778°W / 39.69111; -75.99778Coordinates: 39°41′28″N 75°59′52″W / 39.69111°N 75.99778°W / 39.69111; -75.99778
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1746 (1746)
Built by	Brown, Mercer (Messer); Et al.
NRHP Reference #	87000815^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1987

The Mercer Brown House is a historic home located at Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It consists of three distinct portions: a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed Flemish bond brick part dating to 1746; a three bay wide frame portion of the house dating to the early and late 19th century; and a log pen addition. The house is an example of the Pennsylvania Quaker building tradition in Maryland. The property also has an early-20th century bank barn.^[2]

The Mercer Brown House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Geoffrey B. Henry (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mercer Brown House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

Mercer Brown House, Cecil County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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