CE-95

Graystone Manor

Architectural Survey File

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Last Updated: 04-05-2004

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HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY INVHlTORY CE - 95

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STREET NO. Rising Sun 2.NAME GRAYSTONE f'ANOf~

OATEORPERIOO 1791 (dated) STYLE Colonial ARCHITECT

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ORIGINAL use Owe 11 i ng PRESENTOWNER Reynolds Family PRESENT usE Owe 11 i ng WALL coNSTRUCT10Nf ju I dstone 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USE

NO OF STORIES 2-1 /2 4, NOTABLE FEATURES, HISTORICAL SIGl'llFICANCE ANP DESCRIPTION OPEN TO PUBLIC

This 1s a large composite field~tonc house of the late 18th century. The ma in house is 2-1/2 stories 1n hei nht with a rather steeply pitched A-roof. It 1s three boys wide ond two deep. There arc corner quoins of rou9h dressed fieldstone. There is a central door and a ll the windows have 6/6 sashes. There is a chi mncy at Cuch end of the ma 1 n house - e 11 the fireplaces are 1n the corners of the rooms. To the left of the ma in house 1s a lower 2-1/2 story A-roofed w1n9. It is two bays wide and has a chimney on its left end. There 1s a datc­stone on one of tr1c gab I e endt; of the raa in house - 1791. The interior woodwork of the house is c.1930. There 1s an old stone ice-house on the property.

This house, typical of the 18th century fieldstone structures in Ceci I County, 1s important because it 1s dated.

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CE- 95 Greystone Ma.nor Near Rising Sun, Cecil County Barn - South elevation Photographer - Paul Touart, 1979 Neg/MHT

CE-95 Greystone Manor Near Rising Sun, Cecil County Outbuildings, east elevation Photographer - Paul Touart, 1979 Neg/MHT