The James Drane House is a historic home located at Accident

Accident, Maryland

Accident is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 353 at the 2000 census. The town is home to Northern Garrett High School...

, Garrett County

Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872 it was the last Maryland county to be formed. It was named for John Work Garrett , railroad executive, industrialist, and financier. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It is a -story, long rectangular log and frame structure with a pitched gable

Gable

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 roof, and an exterior stone chimney. A small cemetery about 100 yards to the north marks the site of Zion Lutheran Church (dedicated in 1851), and includes a simple brown fieldstone

Fieldstone

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 headstone marked "J.D. June 27, 1828." The house was constructed about 1800 by James Drane, the first permanent settler in the Accident area. In the late 1980s the house was stabilized and restored through the efforts of the Town of Accident and numerous local volunteers.

The James Drane House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1985.

External links

• James Drane House, Garrett County, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust
• The Drane House, Accident, Maryland