The Wiley-Ringland House is a historic home in the Town of Somerset, Montgomery County,

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. It is named for its original owner / builder

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and longtime owner / resident, Arthur Cuming Ringland. The house is a -story Queen Anne-style frame building built about 1893. A fire in 1978 virtually destroyed the house, but it was restored between 2001 and 2002 by new owners. The Wiley-Ringland House was listed on the

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in 2000.

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*, including photo in 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust website Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1893 Houses in Montgomery County, Maryland Queen Anne architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland {{MontgomeryCountyMD-NRHP-stub