Stratton, also known as Hortense Fleckenstein Farm and Solomon Scott Farm, is a historic home located at

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, Queen Anne's County,

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. It is a center-passage plan house, constructed of brick laid in

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, four

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wide and one room deep, with flush brick chimneys centered on each end of a pitched

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roof. The house was built about 1790. Stratton was listed on the

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in 2003.

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*, including photo from 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1790 Federal architecture in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1790 establishments in Maryland Brick buildings and structures in Maryland {{QueenAnnesCountyMD-NRHP-stub