Handsell

Historic house in Maryland, United States

United States historic place

Handsell

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Indiantown Road, Vienna, Maryland
Coordinates| 38°30′30″N 75°48′45″W﻿ / ﻿38.50833°N 75.81250°W﻿ / 38.50833; -75.81250
Area| 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built| 1770 (1770)
Architectural style| Georgian
NRHP reference No.| 08000216[1]
Added to NRHP| March 26, 2008

Handsell, also known as the Webb House, is a historic home located at Vienna, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a late-18th-century Georgian-style manor house. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick structure over an English basement. The main facade is five bays wide and has a central entrance containing a double door flanked by windows. Handsell bears the name of a 1665 land grant, which has been in the Webb family since 1892.[2]

Handsell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#08000216)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Jacquelyn K. Bateman (August 3, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Handsell" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

## External links

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* Handsell, Dorchester County, at Maryland Historical Trust
* Handsell, 4835 Indiantown Road, Vienna, Dorchester County, MD: 21 photos, 6 measured drawings, 23 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

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