Maryland

Medford House, Preston, Maryland (38.683592, -75.951994)

Primary House Felling Dates: Spring 1800, Winter 1799/1800, Summer 1799, Spring 1797

Site Master 1702-1799 (white oak and tulip poplar) MHMDx1 (t = 10.62 PNMx4; 8.02 POPMASTE; 7.29 DC-AREA).

Medford House is a three-bay, one-and-a-half-story frame house with an exterior brick end chimney located in Preston, Maryland. At the time of sampling the building was in the process of being restored by the Caroline County Historical Society.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled over a span of time ranging from the spring of 1797 to the spring of 1800, suggesting that the house was constructed at this latter date or shortly thereafter.

Worthington and Seiter 2024 "The Tree-Ring Dating of Medford House, Preston, Maryland." Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2024/05.

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