Culture: Historic Sites: Page 2

J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House
http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/191/Lore-Oyster-House
14430 Solomons Island Road
Solomons, MD 20688
410-326-2878   
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Visit this restored 1934 seafood-packing house and learn about the history of the region's commercial seafood industries. See tools and gear used by local watermen to harvest fish, soft-shell clams, eels, crabs and oysters. This location is on the National Register of Historic Places.  [ Photo ]

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Marshall Hall
http://www.marshallhall.org/

A historic site on the Potomac River steep in colonial history. Marshall Hall is one footnote in the European colonization of North America and the assault on the native American Indian in the quest for their land and wealth. Originally home to Thomas Marshall, Marshall Hall was considered to be one of Maryland’s finest early colonial houses. Located just across the river from Mt. Vernon, the property was converted to an amusement park in the 1900's. It was ultimately destroyed by an arson fire in 1981. The shell of the original residence still stands. Visit the website for more history and photos.

[ Last Updated: 29-Jul-2007 | Hits: 350 |  Reader Comments  Report Problem

Newtown Manor
21110 Newtowne Neck Road
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-9885   
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Early Jesuit Architecture.

[ Last Updated: 05-Sep-2007 |  Reader Comments  Report Problem

One Room Schoolhouse
Broomes Island Road
2416 Azalea Road (Mailing Address)
Port Republic, MD 20676
410-586-0482    410-586-0109   
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Port Republic School Number 7 has stood in this shady grove for more than one hundred years. Now authentically preserved, the schoolhouse is filled with memorabilia from yesteryear.

[ Last Updated: 02-Jun-2003 |  Reader Comments  Report Problem

Oxon Hill Farm
http://www.nps.gov/oxhi/
6411 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
301-839-1176    TTY: 301-839-1783
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The primary feature of Oxon Cove Park is Oxon Hill Farm which operates as an actual working farm, representative of the early 20th century. You can see a farm house, barns, a stable, feed building, livestock buildings and a visitor activity barn. It exhibits basic farming principles and techniques as well as historical agricultural programs for urban people to develop an understanding of cropping and animal husbandry. From the 1890's until the 1950`s, Oxon Hill Farm was operated by patients from St. Elizabeth Hospital. It provided therapy as well as food for the patients at the institution. The land area varies from low flat river shoreline to high river terraces with intermediate rolling hills created by a reclaimed sanitary landfill which existed on the site until the mid-seventies.  [ Photo ]

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Port Tobacco Courthouse
Chapel Point Road
Port Tobacco, MD 20677
301-934-4313   
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Settled in 1634, Port Tobacco was once Maryland's second largest seaport and was listed on early World Maps. This settlement was originally the site of the Indian Village of Potopaco. Port Tobacco was the first county seat, but after the river began silting up and after a shift of occupations from tobacco farming to other trades and industry people moved to the town of La Plata where the new railroad was being built. The county seat was eventually moved to La Plata. The first Charles County Courthouse was completed in 1729. However, Port Tobacco was not the site of the first court house. The exact location is unknown but it is thought to be near the present-day fairgrounds. A second courthouse was built in 1819. In 1892, the Courthouse burned. The present building is a reconstruction of the third structure. During tours, costumed docents tell the story of Port Tobacco, from 1620 to present day.

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Smallwood Retreat House
Marbury, MD 20658
301-743-7613   

Smallwood's Retreat was the colonial home of General William Smallwood. It was built after the Revolutionary War. It is the reason why Smallwood State Park exists. Each year there are various programs conducted at the Smallwood House.  [ More info & photo ]

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Sotterley Plantation
http://www.sotterley.org/
44300 Sotterley Lane
P.O. Box 67
Hollywood, MD 20636
1-800-681-0850    301-373-2280    FAX: 301-373-8474   
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Sotterley mansion is located in St. Mary's County where Maryland's colonial history began. From its site overlooking the tidewaters of the Patuxent River, it is only fourteen miles to the Colony's first capital, St. Mary's City, the site of the founding of the First Maryland Colony in 1634. The mansion itself, a low white structure 100 feet long and 20 feet deep, one and a half to two stories high, is superbly situated on a ridge from which gently falling meadows sweep down to sandy bluffs at the river's edge. Its steeply pitched roofs and tall chimneys give the effect of a long, low farmhouse. This picture of Sotterley mansion was familiar to generations of seafarers whose vessels sailed into Sotterley Creek to pay customs duties, or to deliver and accept cargo. In this way the productivity of the plantation was woven into the commercial fabric of Maryland, of the other colonies and the mother country. Detail photographs and drawings are available in our Photo Gallery. You can also visit the official Sotterley website for more information.  [ More info & photo ]

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St. Thomas Manor
Port Tobacco, MD 20677
301-934-8245   

This 18th Century manor house, with its commanding view of the Potomac River, is, along with St. Mary's City and St. Inigoes and Newtown manors, one of the first footholds of the Catholic Church in North America.

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Thomas Stone National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/thst/
6655 Rosehill Rd
Port Tobacco, MD 20677
301-392-1776    301-392-1787    FAX: 301-934-8793   
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The plantation called Habre de Venture, owned by Thomas Stone. He was a well respected lawyer who voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence. Both Stone and his wife are buried on the site. In 1977 a fire gutted the central block and severely damaged the West wing. However, the site was reconstructed. Related Article: Thomas Stone's Habre de Venture, Southern Maryland - This is Living On-line, vol. 5, num. 3. More photos and drawings of Habre de Venture are available in the Photo Gallery.  [ More info & photo ]

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