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Mount Air

Coordinates: 38°26′12″N 76°59′50″W / 38.43667°N 76.99722°W / 38.43667; -76.99722
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Mount Air
Mount Air is located in Maryland
Mount Air
Mount Air is located in the United States
Mount Air
LocationWest of Faulkner off U.S. Route 301, Faulkner, Maryland
Coordinates38°26′12″N 76°59′50″W / 38.43667°N 76.99722°W / 38.43667; -76.99722
Area405.4 acres (164.1 ha)
Built1801 (1801)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.78001453[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978

Mount Air is a historic home located at Faulkner, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1801, and is basically a regionally typical Federal style house with a three-story central block with complementary wings. The home has the only known boxwood garden in lower Southern Maryland of its dimensions and age to retain its original formal plan.[2]

Mount Air was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ J. Richard Rivoire (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Air" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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  • Mount Air, including photo from 1970, at Maryland Historical Trust