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 house located near Mason Springs, Charles County, Maryland. An example of Federal architecture, it was built in the mid-1700s and underwent extensive renovations a hundred years later. Much of the house remains unaltered from that time.^[2]

The house was the property of William and Sarah Eilbeck. Their daughter Anne and her husband George Mason lived there from time to time. George Washington, who owned a nearby property, was a frequent visitor.^[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.
1 2 Rivoire, J. Richard (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Araby" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

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 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

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