Drury-Austin House

Drury-Austin House
Location 16112 Barnesville Rd., Boyds, Maryland
Coordinates 39°12′3″N 77°20′21″W / 39.20083°N 77.33917°W / 39.20083; -77.33917Coordinates: 39°12′3″N 77°20′21″W / 39.20083°N 77.33917°W / 39.20083; -77.33917
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1768 (1768)
Built by Drury, Thomas
NRHP Reference # 86000371[1]
Added to NRHP March 13, 1986

The Drury-Austin House is a historic home located at Boyds, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a 1 12-story dwelling comprising two sections: a late-18th-century one-room plan log house (the southern half), which was doubled in size by the addition of a one-room timber-frame section in the early 19th century.The house is exemplary of the type of dwelling that characterized western Montgomery County in the earliest phase of its settlement.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Margaret G. Coleman (March 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Drury-Austin House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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