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The Ballestone-Stansbury House, once misidentified as the Ballestone Mansion, is a historic plantation home located on Cedar Point between Back and Middle Rivers in
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. It is a part of the Rocky Point Park and is owned by Baltimore County. It was built during the late 18th or early 19th century and has been enlarged twice. The original portion was built about 1800. A one-story addition added 506 square feet to the house. A second floor was added to the addition c. 1870–1880. Ballestone Mansion was listed on the
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on June 18, 1975.


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Ballestone-Stansbury House
€”official site * , including photo from 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust Essex, Maryland Historic house museums in Maryland Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Baltimore County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Museums in Baltimore County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland {{Maryland-museum-stub