Eden Mill Mansion c.1798, still stands proudly overlooking the Deer Creek in northern Harford Co. Resembling a "transplanted town house from Fells Point" the porch windows have always been a mystery. The shutters are always closed, there are no windows behind them. Is it possible that this was intentional because of the glass tax? The house was built by Elijah Stansbury. Sam Jones -----Original Message----- From: Fredric Z. Saunders <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Glass Tax >It was a tax levied in 1798 by the U. S. government that had a description of the owner's dwelling, number of slaves, number of acres, other buildings on the property owner, and an adjacent land owner. It has nicknames as the "window tax" or "glass tax" because part of the tax was based on the number of glass windows. > >Rick Saunders >http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html > > >==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== >Check Out the USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Baltimore Co. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim > > >