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Whites Hall was originally part of an 1,800-acre land grant to
Colonel Jerome White in 1665. The house itself was constructed between 1780 and 1784. The home was designed as a two-story, brick side passage double pile plan dwelling, and was listed on the Maryland Historic Site inventory in 1969.
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