Myrtle Grove is a historic home in Easton, Talbot County,

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. It consists of a frame section dating from the first half of the 18th century, a 1790

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brick section, and a 1927 frame wing. The oldest section is five

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wide and one and a half stories tall on a brick foundation laid in

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. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

References

External links

*, including photo in 1976, at Maryland Historical Trust
Myrtle Grove (House), Goldsborough Neck Road, Easton, Talbot, MD
at the

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