Sarum is a historic home located at Newport, Charles County, Maryland, US. The oldest extant part of the house was built in 1717 by Joseph Pile on or near the site of his grandfather's 17th century house.[2] It was a box-framed hall and parlor dwelling, 32 by 18 feet. A shed was added in 1736; later in the 1800s the ends were extended and new walls of brick were constructed giving the house its present dimensions. Sarum was patented to John Pile in 1662, and remained in the ownership of the Pile family until 1836. It is one of Maryland's finest small Colonial dwellings.[3]
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| Location | Southeast of Newport off Maryland Route 234, Newport, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°24′19″N 76°53′42″W / 38.40528°N 76.89500°W |
| Area | 245 acres (99 ha) |
| Built | 1717 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000948[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 13, 1974 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Stone, Garry Wheeler. "THE KEY-YEAR DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL PATTERN FOR THE OAKS OF MARYLAND'S WESTERN SHORE 1570-1980" (PDF). Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ J. Richard Rivoire (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sarum" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
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Media related to Sarum (Newport, Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons
- Sarum, including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-860, "Sarum, State Route 234 vicinity, Newport vicinity, Charles County, MD", 23 photos, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages