Liriodendron is a historic home and estate located at Bel Air,

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. It was the summer home of Laetitia and Dr

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, a successful surgeon and founding member of the Johns Hopkins Medical College, and comprises the mansion named Liriodendron; the Graybeal-Kelly House; a c. 1835 bank barn; a c. 1898

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; a c. 1850 board-and-batten cottage; and five other outbuildings including a corn crib, a smokehouse, two ice houses, and a shed. The -story, stuccoed brick mansion was designed by the

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architectural firm of Wyatt and Nolting in the

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style and constructed about 1898. The -story

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-style Graybeal-Kelly House, built about 1835, was the manor house for the farm until the mansion was constructed. It is used as a wedding, conference, and arts facility. Liriodendron was listed on the

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in 1980.

References

External links

The Liriodendron Foundation, Inc. website
*, including photo from 1979, Maryland Historical Trust website
Liriodendron, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford, MD
at the

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(HABS)
Liriodendron, Barn, 502 West Gordon Street, Bel Air, Harford, MD
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