The Beauchamp House, also known as Washburn House or Long Farm, is a historic home located at Westover, Somerset County,

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. It is a -story brick-ended hall / parlor frame house standing at the head of the

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. The main house was built in two stages, beginning with a hall-plan house, built about 1710–1730. During the second half of the 18th century, the structure was enlarged by the addition of two downstairs rooms, which were later consolidated into one. The Beauchamp House was listed on the

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in 1984.

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*, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust {{Somerset Hall and parlor houses Houses in Somerset County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1730 National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maryland 1730 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Westover, Maryland