Robert and Phyllis Scott House
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The Robert and Phyllis Scott House is a historic home located at Westminster
, Carroll County
, Maryland
, United States
. It is situated atop a ridge on a heavily wooded lot and is a two-story, "butterfly roof", five-bay
by two-bay rectangular International Style
building set on piers, with several rooms on grade in the center of the house. The house was constructed in 1953-54 to the design of architect Henry Hebbeln of New York.
The Robert and Phyllis Scott House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003.
Westminster, Maryland
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV...
, Carroll County
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
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. It is situated atop a ridge on a heavily wooded lot and is a two-story, "butterfly roof", five-bay
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:...
by two-bay rectangular International Style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
building set on piers, with several rooms on grade in the center of the house. The house was constructed in 1953-54 to the design of architect Henry Hebbeln of New York.
The Robert and Phyllis Scott House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2003.
External links
- Robert and Phyllis Scott House, Carroll County, including photo from 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust