Cornehill is a historic home located at Parran,

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. It is a five-

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-long two-story Georgian brick house laid in

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with a steeply pitched

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roof with an exterior chimney at each gable end. One brick on the southwest corner contains the date 1786 and the initials "T.F." The initials purportedly refer to Thelbert Freeland, a member of an influential family in northeastern Calvert County. Outbuildings include

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quarters to the south of the house, and a tobacco barn with oak framing. During the majority of the 18th century, the Mackall family, large Calvert County landowners, held Cornehill, or "Cornhill." Cornehill was listed on the

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in 1972.

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