Araby (Mason's Springs, Maryland)


Araby
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Araby in 2005
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Location	SE of Mason on MD 425, Mason's Springs, Maryland
Coordinates	38°34′43″N 77°6′54″W / 38.57861°N 77.11500°W / 38.57861; -77.11500Coordinates: 38°34′43″N 77°6′54″W / 38.57861°N 77.11500°W / 38.57861; -77.11500
Area	74 acres (30 ha)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	74000947^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 25, 1974

Araby is a historic home located near Mason Springs, Charles County, Maryland. It was the home of William and Sarah Eilbeck, whose daughter Anne married George Mason. George Washington recorded many visits to Araby. It is a mid-18th-century house that was extensively altered in the mid-19th century. Despite the alterations, it remains an example of vernacular domestic architecture and retains a significant amount of original interior and exterior fabric of the Federal period.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ J. Richard Rivoire (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Araby" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

Araby, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

The Mason family

First generation	George Mason I

Second generation	George Mason II

Third generation	George Mason III

Fourth generation	George Mason IV Thomson Mason (1733–1785)

Fifth generation	George Mason V William Mason Thomson Mason (1759–1820) Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803) John Thomson Mason (1765–1824) John Mason Thomas Mason William Temple Thomson Mason

Sixth generation	Thomson Francis Mason George Mason VI John Thomson Mason (1787–1850) Armistead Thomson Mason Richard Chichester Mason Richard Barnes Mason James Murray Mason Murray Mason John Thomson Mason (1815–1873)

Seventh generation	Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843) George Thomson Mason Beverley Randolph Mason Arthur Pendleton Mason William Pinckney Mason

Eighth generation	Kate Mason Rowland Richard Nelson Mason Lucy Randolph Mason

Mason family residences Accokeek Analostan Island Araby Chestnut Hill Chopawamsic Clarens Clermont Colross Gunston Hall Hollin Hall Huntley Lexington Locust Hill Mattawoman Montpelier Okeley Manor Raspberry Plain Selma Stafford Hall Temple Hall Woodbridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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