Mulberry Fields
Mulberry Fields | |
Mulberry Fields, 1936 | |
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Nearest city | Beauvue, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°12′32″N 76°34′22″W / 38.20889°N 76.57278°WCoordinates: 38°12′32″N 76°34′22″W / 38.20889°N 76.57278°W |
Built | 1763 |
Architect | John Attaway Clarke |
NRHP Reference # | 73002169 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1973 |
Mulberry Fields is a historic home located at Beauvue, St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It was built about 1763, and is a large 2 1⁄2-story, 5-bay by 2-bay, hip-roofed brick house. On the front is a two-story Doric portico, built about 1820. The house is the only remaining Georgian "mansion-type" home in an area and has a panoramic view of the Potomac River, with a mile-long allee stretching downhill to the riverbank.[2]
Mulberry Fields was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Michael Bourne; J. Richard Rivoire & Nancy Miller (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mulberry Fields" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
- Mulberry Fields, St. Mary's County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-83, "Mulberry Fields, State Route 244, Valley Lee vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD", 13 photos, supplemental material
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