Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)

Avondale
Location 501 Stone Chapel Road, Westminster, Maryland
Coordinates 39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W / 39.55917°N 77.03028°W / 39.55917; -77.03028Coordinates: 39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W / 39.55917°N 77.03028°W / 39.55917; -77.03028
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1796 (1796)
Built by Masters, Legh
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP Reference # 75000877[1]
Added to NRHP October 10, 1975

Avondale is a historic home located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. It is a Georgian style, 2 12-story brick house, measuring approximately 45 feet long by 18 12 feet deep, built about 1796. The house has a two-story wing measuring approximately 49 feet long by 13 feet deep. It features a Palladian window centered on the pavilion directly over the entrance door.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

An iron foundry was built in the community of Avondale in 1765 by Leigh Master, who operated it using slave labor.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. J. Richard Rivoire (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Avondale" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. Chidester, Robert C. "VII. Piedmont". A Historic Context for the Archaeology of Industrial Labor in the State of Maryland. Retrieved 2014-06-15.

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