George Washington Purnell House

{{short description|Historic house in Maryland, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = George Washington Purnell House

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| image = LRWalls - George Washington Purnell House Ext1.jpg

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| location = 201 E. Market Street (Bus 113), Snow Hill, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|38.17789|-75.39196|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland#USA

| built = {{Start date|1860}}

| architect =

| architecture = Gothic Revival

| added = August 22, 1996

| area = {{convert|2.2|acre}}

| refnum = 96000920{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The George Washington Purnell House in Snow Hill, Maryland, is a gothic revival house built around 1860. The frame-and-weatherboard house retains its original decorative millwork; and is enhanced by a cast-iron fence along the street frontage.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-1166.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: George Washington Purnell House|date=September 1994|accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Paul B. Touart|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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