The Maple Leaf Farm Potato House is a historic agricultural storage building located on the property of Western Fields at

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Wicomico County, Maryland Wicomico County () is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,588. The county seat is Salisbury. The county was named for the Wicomico River, whi ...

. It was originally located on the north side of

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, southeast of the intersection with White Lowe Road, and moved to its present site within Western Fields in July 1997. It is a common bond brick structure measuring 40 feet by 24 feet, built between 1920 and 1928, and used for the storage of sweet potatoes. It was listed on the

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in 1998.

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*, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Buildings and structures in Wicomico County, Maryland Buildings and structures completed in 1920 Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places Potato houses in the United States Agricultural buildings and structures in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Wicomico County, Maryland Sweet potatoes {{WicomicoCountyMD-NRHP-stub