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Item Title
Mt. Harmon Plantation at World's End, Earleville, Cecil County, MD
Location
Earleville vicinity, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MD-861
Significance: The house was owned by many prominent figures including the lawyer Sydney George Fisher and his son Sydney George Fisher (lawyer and historian).
Related Names
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF EAST (GARDEN) ELEVATION, TAKEN FROM NORTHEAST
2. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF GARDEN ELEVATION, SHOWING BUILDING SITUATED WITHIN THE GROUNDS
3. CLOSE-UP OF GARDEN AND NORTH ELEVATIONS, SHOWING PEDIMENTED GABLES WITH OCULI, WIDOW'S WALK, PEDIMENTED, DOORWAY AND ARCHED WINDOW
4. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF EAST (GARDEN) AND SOUTH FACADES, SHOWING FRAME ADDITION WITH ENCLOSED PORCH
5. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF EAST AND SOUTH FACADES, VIEW TAKEN FROM TREES
6. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SOUTH AND WEST (MAIN) ELEVATIONS, VIEW PRIMARILY OF FRAME ADDITION WITH ENCLOSED PORCH (NOTE DORIC COLUMNS)
7. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF MAIN (WEST) ELEVATION, SHOWING DORMERS IN ATTIC, WIDOW'S WALK, PEDIMENT WITH OCULI AND ENTRANCE FRONTISPIECE WITH SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT
8. CLOSE-UP OF MAIN (WEST) ELEVATION
9. MAIN (WEST) ELEVATION, DETAIL OF DOORWAY, SHOWING FRONTISPIECE OF COMPOSITE ATTACHED COLUMNS, SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT WITH PINEAPPLE, EGG-AND-DART RELIEF AROUND ARCH
10. MAIN (WEST) ELEVATION, DETAIL OF PEDIMENT, SHOWING DENTICULATED CORNICE, OCULI, AND BRICK DECORATIVE DETAILING
11. MAIN (WEST) ELEVATION, DETAIL OF BRICKWORK IN FLEMISH BOND AND WATERTABLE
12. GARDEN (EAST) ELEVATION
13. GARDEN ELEVATION, DETAIL OF ENTRANCE, NOTE PROJECTING GABLES, ARCHED WINDOW IN SECOND STORY AND PEDIMENTED DOORWAY
14. GROUND FLOOR, PARLOR, VIEW TOWARDS FIREPLACE, SHOWING PANELING, DENTICULATED CORNICE, ARCHED SHELL-HEADED CABINETS, DOORWAY WITH `EARED' ARCHITRAVE AND TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT, AND FURNISHINGS
15. DINING ROOM, VIEW SHOWING PROJECTING FIREPLACE AND OVERMANTEL, PANELING AND FURNISHINGS
16. ENTRANCE HALL, VIEW OF HALLWAY LOOKING TOWARD STAIR, NOTE PEDIMENTED DOORWAYS, CHINESE WALLPAPER, DENTICULATED CORNICE, PANELED DADO
17. ENTRANCE HALL, DETAIL OF STAIRWAY, SHOWING CHINESE FRETWORK, PANELING AND CHINESE WALLPAPER
18. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF BARN AND STABLES
19. VIEW OF SWIMMING POOL
20. VIEW OF FORMAL GARDENS BEYOND GRAVEL DRIVE AND BRICK WALLS
21. FORMAL GARDENS, VIEW FROM EAST, SHOWING BRICK WALKS AND LILY POND
22. FORMAL GARDENS, DETAIL OF LILY POND, SHOWING SQUIRREL FOUNTAIN
23. FORMAL GARDENS, VIEW OF SERPENTINE WALLS AND RIVER BEYOND
24. FORMAL GARDENS, VIEW TOWARDS BARN AND OUTBUILDINGS
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