James Drane House

The house is a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story, long rectangular log-and-frame structure with a pitched gable roof and an exterior stone chimney. A small cemetery about 100 yards to the north marks the site of Zion Lutheran Church (dedicated in 1851) and includes a simple brown fieldstone headstone marked "J.D. June 27, 1828." The house was constructed in 1798 by William Lamar and given to his sister Priscilla and husband James Drane, the first permanent settler in the Accident area. In the late 1980s the house was stabilized and restored through the efforts of the Town of Accident and numerous local volunteers.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-849.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: James Drane House |date=August 1983|accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=Orlando Ridout V |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.

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• {{MHT url|id=851|title=James Drane House, Garrett County}}, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust
• [http://www.accidentmd.org/AroundTheTown/TheDraneHouse/tabid/62/Default.aspx The Drane House, Accident, Maryland]

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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

Category:Houses completed in 1800

Category:Houses in Garrett County, Maryland

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Garrett County, Maryland

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