Fassit House, Lewis Store Road (State Route 376), Berlin, Worcester County, MD

Significance: Fassit House is significant as a rare extant example of an early eighteenth-century dwelling form and for its distinctive and exceptional decorative brickwork. The house was built ca. 1730 for Captain William Fassit as a one-and-a-half story, center hall plan house with a large multipurpose "hall" or great room to one side and a small chamber and rear-facing stair hall to the other. The glazed brickwork, which combines repeating chevron, diamond and checkerboard patterns, is perhaps the most extraordinary in the state. The interior exhibits paneled walls and other noteworthy decorative features as well.
Survey number: HABS MD-170
Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96000921