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Henry's Grove

Berlin, MarylandHistoric American Buildings Survey in MarylandHouses completed in 1792Houses in Worcester County, MarylandHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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Henry's Grove, angled (21603599346)
Henry's Grove, angled (21603599346)

Henry's Grove is a historic home located at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1792, and is a 2+1⁄2-story gable-roofed brick house with all walls laid in Flemish bond. The house retains virtually all of its original interior detailing. Also on the property are a 20th-century frame tenant house and four frame outbuildings. It was built for a planter, John Fassitt, whose initials and the date 1792 are inscribed on a plaque in a gable end.Henry's Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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