Event
Abner Cloud House-Open House
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 42.468208, -71.009132
Fletchers Cove on Canal Road
Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Time:
12:00 PM
Duration:
5 hours
Description
The Abner Cloud House, a three story house built and completed in 1801 by Abner Cloud Jr., a Quaker from Pennsylvania, and operated as a museum along the C & O Canal by the Colonial Dames of America, will be open to the public.
The house is of the Federal Period and furnished with antiques from that period and was designated by the Interior Secretary in 1976 as the finest example of Federal architecture in Washington. Admission is free.
Abner Cloud House, C&O Canal National Park, Canal and Reservoir roads NW. Private tours for groups are available year round by appointment. For further information, please email CDAChapterIII@gmail.com.