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Coordinates: 38°30′39″N 75°48′44″W / 38.51083°N 75.81222°W / 38.51083; -75.81222
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Handsell
Handsell is located in Maryland
Handsell
Handsell is located in the United States
Handsell
LocationIndiantown Road, Vienna, Maryland
Coordinates38°30′39″N 75°48′44″W / 38.51083°N 75.81222°W / 38.51083; -75.81222
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1770 (1770)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.08000216[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 2008

Handsell, also known as the Webb House, is a historic home located at Vienna, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a late-18th-century Georgian-style manor house. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick structure over an English basement. The main facade is five bays wide and has a central entrance containing a double door flanked by windows. Handsell bears the name of a 1665 land grant, which has been in the Webb family since 1892.[2]

Handsell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jacquelyn K. Bateman (August 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Handsell" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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