Elisha Kirk House is a historic home located at Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, Federal-style brick house built about 1813, five bays wide and two deep, with a new stone wing. The house features a one-story, flat-roofed portico with four Doric columns.
The Elisha Kirk House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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