Plumb Grove, also known as the Nesbitt-Warner House, is a historic house and farm near

Clear Spring, Maryland Clear Spring is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 358 at the 2010 census. History The Joseph Fiery House, Wilson School, Rufus Wilson Complex, and Plumb Grove are listed on the National Register of Hi ...

. The house was built about 1832 in the

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on a property called "Nesbitt's Inheritance." The lands and house remained in the Nesbitt family until 1893, when they were sold to Rosa E. Warner. The Warner family occupied the house until 1967, when the property was purchased by the Washington County Board of Education as the site for Clear Spring Middle and High Schools. Plumb Grove was placed on the

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on December 7, 2011. It is owned by the Clear Spring District Historical Association. It has been restored and is open to the public.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust {{commons category, Plumb Grove Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1851 Houses in Washington County, Maryland Federal architecture in Maryland 1851 establishments in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland