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Susanna Farm is a historic home located at Dawsonville, Montgomery County,
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. It is an L-shaped, -story frame dwelling house. The last major change occurred when the house was doubled in size and value by Benjamin F. Dyson in 1877–78, who renovated it in the Italianate style. Five outbuildings stand on the property, including a stone kitchen/
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quarters and meat house which are believed to be contemporary with the house, an 1870s frame
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, and 20th century farm buildings. The Susanna Farm was listed on the
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in 1983.


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*, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Montgomery County, Maryland Italianate architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland Slave cabins and quarters in the United States {{MontgomeryCountyMD-NRHP-stub