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Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)

Coordinates: 39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W / 39.55917°N 77.03028°W / 39.55917; -77.03028
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Avondale
Avondale (Westminster, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)
Avondale (Westminster, Maryland) is located in the United States
Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)
Location501 Stone Chapel Road, Westminster, Maryland
Coordinates39°33′33″N 77°1′49″W / 39.55917°N 77.03028°W / 39.55917; -77.03028
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1796 (1796)
Built byMasters, Legh
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.75000877[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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, a settler from New Hall, Lancashire, England, who operated it using slave labor.[3]

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  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.
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