Pearre-Metcalfe House
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The Pearre-Metcalfe House is a historic home located at Unionville
, Frederick County
, Maryland
, United States
. It is a brick Greek Revival
style farmhouse, built about 1859. There is a small, brick springhouse with corbeled brick cornice
and tin roof on the property.
The Pearre-Metcalfe House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979.
Unionville, Frederick County, Maryland
Unionville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is located approximately halfway between Frederick and Westminster, just east of Libertytown off of MD Route 26...
, Frederick County
Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
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. It is a brick Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style farmhouse, built about 1859. There is a small, brick springhouse with corbeled brick cornice
Cornice
Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting...
and tin roof on the property.
The Pearre-Metcalfe House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1979.
External links
- Pearre-Metcalfe House, Frederick County, including photo in 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust