Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)

Historic house in Maryland

United States historic place

Avondale

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 501 Stone Chapel Road, Westminster, Maryland
Coordinates| 39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W﻿ / ﻿39.55917°N 77.03028°W﻿ / 39.55917; -77.03028
Area| 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built| 1796 (1796)
Built by| Masters, Legh
Architectural style| Georgian
NRHP reference No.| 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+1⁄2-story brick house, measuring approximately 45 feet long by 18+1⁄2 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, a settler from New Hall, Lancashire, England, who operated it using slave labor.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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.

## External links[edit]

* Avondale, Carroll County, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust

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