Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Rachel Carson House is a typical suburban ranch-style house, built in 1956 in Colesville, Maryland for Rachel Carson. Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring there in 1962. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991. The one-story house is typical of its era, finished in brick with an asphalt shingle roof. The interior, virtually unchanged since Carson lived there, contains a living room to the right of the entry, with Carson''s study to one side, on the corner of the house. A kitchen and dining room are at the rear, behind the living room. Bedrooms are to the left of the entry. A basement contains a bedroom and bathroom and a multi-purpose room, as well as unfinished space.