Built 1796 (1796) NRHP Reference # 75000877 Area 3 ha Added to NRHP 10 October 1975 | Built by Masters, Legh Opened 1796 Architectural style Georgian architecture | |
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Location 501 Stone Chapel Road, Westminster, Maryland | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
An iron foundry was built in the community of Avondale in 1765 by Leigh Master, who operated it using slave labor.
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