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Glebe House (Princess Anne, Maryland)

Georgian architecture in MarylandHouses completed in 1784Houses in Somerset County, MarylandHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in MarylandNational Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maryland
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The Glebe House, also known as Davis's Choice, Turner's Purchase, and incorrectly as the Samuel Chase House, is a historic house at 10950 Market Lane in Princess Anne, Maryland. The 1+1⁄2-story house was built in 1784 and is a rare instance of an 18th-century brick-ender, a building form that was once common on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The house has three wood-frame walls, and the fourth is of brick laid in Flemish bond with a projecting water table. The house was substantially altered in the 1920s when its roof was raised and a second story was added, but this work was undone when the house underwent restoration around the turn of the 21st century. It was long thought to be of greater age, and the childhood home or birthplace of Samuel Chase, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, but documentary research has shown these connections to be incorrect.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Princess Anne Historic District
Princess Anne Historic District

The Princess Anne Historic District is located in Princess Anne the county seat of Somerset County, Maryland on Maryland's Eastern Shore. There has been little change due to industry or other development, and the town retains much of its historic character since its founding in the early 18th century. It has been the governmental center since the county was formed in 1742 and the present courthouse is one of the most architecturally distinguished in the state. Within the historic district are a few pre-Revolutionary structures, a high concentration of Federal and Victorian architecture, vernacular dwellings as well as 19th and early-20th century commercial and public buildings. The district contains approximately 270 structures of which nearly 90 percent are contributing to the character of the district.Among the contributing structures are: Beckford Avenue Tenant Houses (c.1870) Boxwood Gardens (c.1850) Charles Jones House (c.1780) Colonel George Handy House (1805–06) John W. Crisfield House ("Somerset House") (c.1852 and earlier) Linden Hill (c.1750, c.1835) Littleton Long House (c.1830) (See Somerset County Historical Trust) Nutter's Purchase (c.1800) St. Andrews Episcopal Church (1767–73, 1859, 1896) Teackle Gatehouse (c.1805) Washington Hotel (c.1797, 1838) William Geddes House ("Tunstall Cottage") (c.1755) William W. Johnston House (c.1834-35) Woolford-Elzey House (c.1788, c.1840)It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.