Michael Cresap House is a historic home in Oldtown, Allegany County,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

, USA. It is a -story, two-part stone and brick house built about 1764. The house is associated with Captain

Michael Cresap Captain Michael Cresap (April 17, 1742 – October 18, 1775) was a noted frontiersman born in Maryland, in what is now the United States. Biography Cresap was the son of the pioneer Colonel Thomas Cresap (17021790). He spent part of his adult yea ...

(1742–1775), a well known Ohio frontiersman.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum
in Oldtown Historic house museums in Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Allegany County, Maryland Houses completed in 1764 Museums in Allegany County, Maryland 1764 establishments in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, Maryland {{AlleganyCountyMD-NRHP-stub