Athol is a historic home located at

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, Caroline County,

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. It is a -story single-pile brick dwelling built around 1825 by William Jones. It has several characteristics common to the few remaining early-19th-century brick three-bay-wide houses of modest size on the

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facade, common bond on the sides and rear, chimneys at each end of a

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roof, and

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stylistic influence. It was listed on the

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in 1989.

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*, including photo from 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Caroline County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1825 Federal architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Maryland {{CarolineCountyMD-NRHP-stub