Trevanion is a historic home located at Uniontown

Uniontown, Maryland

Uniontown is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The community is home to the Uniontown Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.-References:...

, Carroll County

Carroll County, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a -story brick dwelling with an asymmetrical central hall plan with a tower. The original 1817 house was converted in 1855 to the "villa style" then popular in America, incorporating a combination of Italianate

Italianate architecture

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 and Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture

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 elements. Reflecting this is a brick tower and an adjoining gable end projection. In 1857, a -story wing was added. "Trevanion" is a term meaning "the meeting of streams" in Welsh.

Trevanion 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 1977.

External links

• Trevanion, Carroll County, including photo from 2006, at Maryland Historical Trust