Parkton Hotel is a historic hotel

Hotel

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 located at Parkton

Parkton, Maryland

Parkton is a rural area in the northern part of Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. It borders southern York County, PA, and this border forms part of The Mason-Dixon Line...

, Baltimore County

Baltimore County, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It is a -story brick structure, five bays

Bay (architecture)

A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...

 wide by three bays deep, constructed between 1850 and 1860. The hotel features a two-tiered, shed-roofed

Skillion roof

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 gallery which wraps around the south gable

Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...

 end. A two-story, two-bay, shed-roofed frame addition dating from 1884 extends to the rear of the brick block.

The Parkton Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983.

External links

• Parkton Hotel, Baltimore County, including photo from 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust