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{{short description|Historic house in Maryland, United States}}
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| image = Cannonball House, Saint Michaels, Maryland.jpg
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| location= [[St. Michaels, Maryland]]
| lat_degrees = 38
| lat_minutes = 47
| lat_seconds = 3
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 76
| long_minutes = 13
| long_seconds = 22
| long_direction = W
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| locmapin = Maryland
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| built =1810
| architect= Unknown
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| architecture= Federal
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| added = December 3, 1980<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
| governing_body = Private
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The '''Cannonball House''' in [[Saint Michaels, Maryland|Saint Michaels]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]], is a historic house built in the early 19th century. The [[Federal style]] house is a side-hall double-parlor design on a corner lot, built for shipbuilder William Merchant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=660&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-07-18|work= Cannonball House|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> It is historically notable for an 1813 event in a [[War of 1812]] in which the [[Royal Navy|British fleet]] bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.
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| name = Cannonball House
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| location = [[St. Michaels, Maryland]]
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| locmapin = Maryland#USA
| built = {{Start date|1810}}
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| architecture = Federal
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The '''Cannonball House''' in [[Saint Michaels, Maryland|Saint Michaels]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]], is a historic house built in the early 19th century. The [[Federal style]] house is a side-hall double-parlor design on a corner lot, built for shipbuilder William Merchant.<ref name="mht_ihp">{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-658.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cannonball House|date=July 1980|accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Cynthia B. Ludlow and Ellen Coxe|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> It is historically notable for an 1813 event in the [[War of 1812]] in which the [[Royal Navy|British fleet]] bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.

[[File:Cannonball from the Cannonball House, St. Michaels, MD.jpg|thumb|This is the actual cannonball fired into the Cannonball House, St. Michaels, MD]]
Cannonball House was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris"/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=660&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot Cannonball House, Talbot County], including photo dated 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust
*{{MHT url|id=660|title=Cannonball House, Talbot County}}, including photo dated 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust


{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1810]]
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[[Category:Saint Michaels, Maryland]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland]]




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Latest revision as of 17:23, 22 May 2022

Cannonball House
Cannonball House (Saint Michaels, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Cannonball House (Saint Michaels, Maryland)
Cannonball House (Saint Michaels, Maryland) is located in the United States
Cannonball House (Saint Michaels, Maryland)
LocationSt. Michaels, Maryland
Coordinates38°47′3″N 76°13′22″W / 38.78417°N 76.22278°W / 38.78417; -76.22278
Arealess than one acre
Built1810 (1810)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.80001839[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 1980

The Cannonball House in Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States, is a historic house built in the early 19th century. The Federal style house is a side-hall double-parlor design on a corner lot, built for shipbuilder William Merchant.[2] It is historically notable for an 1813 event in the War of 1812 in which the British fleet bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.

This is the actual cannonball fired into the Cannonball House, St. Michaels, MD

Cannonball House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cynthia B. Ludlow and Ellen Coxe (July 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cannonball House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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