Pine Slash, also known as Prospect Hill, is a historic home located at Studley,

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. The main house was built about 1750, and is a one-story dwelling of colonial vertical plank construction with a metal gable roof. In addition to the main house, the property includes a contributing second residence and a brick outbuilding, both dating from the early 19th century. Pine Slash is also significant as American

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's home in the 1750s. an
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in 1987.

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