Cannonball House - St Michaels, MD
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bluesnote
N 38° 47.050 W 076° 13.346
18S E 393824 N 4293534
During the bombardment of Saint Michaels in 1813 (War of 1812), a cannonball became embedded into this home.
Waymark Code: WM14EME
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2021
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Cannonball House in Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States, is a historic house built in the early 19th century. The Federal style house is a side-hall double-parlor design on a corner lot, built for shipbuilder William Merchant. It is historically notable for an 1813 event in the War of 1812 in which the British fleet bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.
Cannonball House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983."
Type: Roadside Oddities
Website Reference: [Web Link]
Referenced in (list books, websites and other media): Not listed
Additional Coordinates: Not Listed
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