Woodside is a historic home located at Abingdon,

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. It has a -story main section, designed in 1823, that is an excellent example of a Federal side hall, double parlor plan house. The house is constructed of coursed

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

and

ashlar Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...

. The property includes a stone house with overhanging

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

roof, a hand pump, a shed-roofed frame storage building, an 1848 log barn, a 1928 frame corn crib, and three early 20th century garages. It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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*, including photo from 1977, Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Harford County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1823 Federal architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland {{HarfordCountyMD-NRHP-stub