Maryland

Ocean Hall, Bushwood (38.283602, -76.802262)

Felling Dates: Primary House Winter 1717/18 Spring 1719

Felling Dates: Ex-situ timbers in atticSpring 1723 Summer 1724

Site Master 1597-1723 (oak) OCEANx1 (t = 7.99 VAPINE2B; 7.51 PIEDMO; 7.34 MONTP).

Ocean Hall is a one-and-a-half story brick dwelling notable for its distinctive roof structure. The bent principal trusses are fixed to the tie beams rather than the wall plates and support a ridge beam at the top where they cross.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1717/01 and the spring of 1719. A number of reused timbers found in the attic date to the spring of 1723 and summer of 1724.

Worthington and Seiter 2019 "The Tree-Ring Dating Ocean Hall, Bushwood, Maryland"  Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2019/04.

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