Ballestone Mansion

The Ballestone-Stansbury House, once misidentified as the Ballestone Mansion, is a historic plantation ^{[2] [3]} home located on Cedar Point between Back and Middle Rivers in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a part of the Rocky Point Park and is owned by Baltimore County. It was built during the late 18th or early 19th century and has been enlarged twice. The original portion was built about 1800.

Ballestone Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	East of Essex on Back River Neck Rd. in Rocky Point Park, Essex, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′8″N 76°25′3″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1800 (1800)
NRHP reference No.	75000866[1]
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1975

A one-story addition added 506 square feet to the house. A second floor was added to the addition c. 1870–1880.^[4]

Ballestone Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1975.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. United States Department of the Interior (June 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Ballestone Mansion". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
3. Robert A. Erlandson (September 1990). "Essex Landmark Is One of Area's Best-kept Secrets". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
4. Edward Seidel (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ballestone Mansion" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

Media related to Ballestone-Stansbury House at Wikimedia Commons

• Ballestone-Stansbury House—official site
• Ballestone Mansion, Baltimore County, including photo from 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust