Merry Sherwood
{{short description|Historic house in Maryland, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Merry Sherwood
| nrhp_type =
| image = Merry Sherwood in Berlin, MD; Photo by Linda Roy Walls.jpg
| caption =
| location = 8909 Worcester Highway (US 113), Berlin, Maryland
| coordinates = {{coord|38|18|20|N|75|13|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Maryland#USA
| built = {{Start date|1859}}
| architecture = Italianate
| added = September 20, 1991
| area = {{convert|10.8|acre}}
| refnum = 91001420{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Merry Sherwood is a historic plantation house located at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland, United States. It is a massive, three-story, five-bay, double-pile, frame dwelling, built about 1859 in the Italianate style. The house is topped by a flat roof, projecting cornice, and a large cupola. The roof of the cupola is capped with a pointed wooden spire.{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-1088.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Merry Sherwood |date=September 1988|accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Paul B. Touart|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}} It is current operated as wedding and special event venue.{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Josh |title=Historic Merry Sherwood reopens in Berlin - Worcester County News Bayside Gazette |url=https://baysideoc.com/historic-merry-sherwood-reopens-in-berlin/ |website=Bayside Gazette |date=6 December 2018 |accessdate=10 April 2020}}
Merry Sherwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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External links
- {{MHT url|id=1090|title=Merry Sherwood, Worcester County}}, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- [http://www.merrysherwood.com/ Merry Sherwood Plantation, Bed and Breakfast website]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland}}
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Category:Houses in Worcester County, Maryland
Category:Italianate architecture in Maryland
Category:Houses completed in 1859
Category:Bed and breakfasts in Maryland
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Maryland
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