Sarum is a historic home located at
Newport, Charles County, Maryland
Newport is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Sarum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic
The Catholic Churc ...
, US. The oldest extant part of the house was built in 1717 by Joseph Pile on or near the site of his grandfather's 17th century house.
It was a box-framed hall and parlor dwelling, 32 by 18 feet. A shed was added in 1736; later in the 1800s the ends were extended and new walls of brick were constructed giving the house its present dimensions. Sarum was patented to John Pile in 1662, and remained in the ownership of the Pile family until 1836. It is one of Maryland's finest small
Colonial dwellings.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1974.
References
External links
*, including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust
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Houses in Charles County, Maryland
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses completed in 1717
Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Charles County, Maryland
1717 establishments in Maryland
Brick buildings and structures in Maryland
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