Mansion House, located near Public Landing,

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, is an early-to-mid-19th century

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built as the main residence of a forced-labor farm of more than 250 acres. This "telescoping house" was built in five main parts beginning about 1835. The distinct blocks were designed in a manner that separated the main house from the enslaved servants' quarters while keeping them close at hand. Mansion House was listed on the

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in 1995.

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*, including photo from 1994, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Worcester County, Maryland Houses completed in 1835 Plantation houses in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Maryland {{WorcesterCountyMD-NRHP-stub