Ballestone Mansion

LocationEast of Essex on Back River Neck Rd. in Rocky Point Park, Essex, Maryland

Coordinates39°15′8″N 76°25′3″W / 39.25222°N 76.41750°W / 39.25222; -76.41750

Area5 acres (2.0 ha)

Built1800 (1800)

Ballestone Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	East of Essex on Back River Neck Rd. in Rocky Point Park, Essex, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′8″N 76°25′3″W / 39.25222°N 76.41750°W / 39.25222; -76.41750
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1800 (1800)
NRHP reference No.	75000866[1]
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1975

The Ballestone-Stansbury House, once misidentified as the Ballestone Mansion, is a historic plantation ^[2][3] home located on Cedar Point between Back and Middle Rivers in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a part of the Rocky Point Park and is owned by Baltimore County. It was built during the late 18th or early 19th century and has been enlarged twice. The original portion was built about 1800.

A one-story addition added 506 square feet to the house. A second floor was added to the addition c. 1870–1880.^[4]

Ballestone Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1975.^[1]