Cannonball House (Saint Michaels, Maryland)

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location= St. Michaels, Maryland
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 13
long_seconds = 22
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1810
architect= Unknown
architecture= Federal
added = December 03, 1980cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=80001839

The Cannonball House in Saint Michaels, Maryland 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. [cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=660&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-07-18|work= Cannonball House|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust] It is historically notable for an 1813 event in a War of 1812 in which the British fleet bombarded Saint Michaels, leaving a cannonball embedded in the house.

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* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=660&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot Cannonball House, Talbot County] , including photo dated 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust