Maryland

Cedar Hill, Barstow, Maryland (38.533252, -76.630458)

Primary House Felling Dates: 1779/80, Winter 1778/9, Winter 1777/8

Site Master 1582-1779 (tulip poplar) CHMDx1 (t = 9.73 smks4; 9.56 SOTx345; 8.49 taz3).

Cedar Hill is a one-and-a-half story brick structure with a two-story porch tower. It boasts a cruciform floor plan, a rare survivor in Maryland

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1777/8, the winter of 1778/9, and the winter of 1779/80.

"Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2021 “The Tree-Ring Dating of Cedar Hill, Barstow, Maryland,” Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory Report 2021/11"

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