Poplar Hill Mansion

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location = 117 Elizabeth Street Salisbury, Maryland
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built = Circa 1795Poplar Hill Mansion. "Poplar Hill Mansion" brochure, July 2001.]
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designated = October 07, 1971
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governing_body = City of Salisbury

The Poplar Hill Mansion is a historic U.S. mansion located at 117 Elizabeth Street, Salisbury, Maryland and is open to the public as a house museum.

History

Major Levin Handy purchased convert|357|acre|km2 of land outside of Salisbury in 1795 and began construction of this Federal-style building later that year. Due to lack of funds, Major Handy discontinued construction of the mansion and put it up for sale in 1803. In 1805, Dr. John D. Huston purchased the incomplete house and continued its construction. Sarah Huston, Dr. Huston's widow inherited the estate and sold some of the property for development in the late 1840s to early 1850s. In 1881, George Waller purchased the estate and his family lived there until 1945. In 1945, Fred A. Adkins purchased the property and renovated the house, to include modernizing it. In 1948, Mr. & Mrs. Ward A Garber purchased the estate. In 1970, Wicomico County purchased the estate and the mansion was placed in public trust in 1974 under the ownership of the City of Salisbury. In 1971, Popular Hill Mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural featutres

Some of the architectural features of the mansion include:
*Tall proporations
*Bold gable-fronted facade
*Large sash windows
*Delicate & intricate Federal or neoclassical style woodwork
*Finely detailed Palladian windows on the hall landing to the second floor & over the front door

Ghost Legend

According to legend, a slave girl named Sara perished in the house after her dress caught on fire in the second floor rear bedroom during the Huston period. Sara now appears as a "consoling" spirit.

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External links

* [http://www.poplarhillmansion.org/ Poplar Hill Mansion] (official website)