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14. Beall-Dawson
House $ P SH GT
103 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-1492
www.montgomeryhistory.org,
info@montgomeryhistory.org
Discover the history of Montgomery County in the period rooms and changing exhibitions. Explore daily life in this 19th century Federal-style town home.
12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 809-3089
www.cityofbowie.org/comserv/museums.htm , museumevents@cityofbowie.org
Built in 1745 as the plantation of Maryland’s colonial governor, Samuel Ogle, Belair is a furnished Georgian Palladian brick house with gardens. The Woodward family restored the estate, building a prominent Thoroughbred horse farm with two Triple Crown winners, portrayed in the 1907 stable.
16. Clara Barton
National Historic Site
HA P SH GT
5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo,
MD 20812
(301) 492-6245 www.nps.gov/clba
Constructed as the first headquarters of the American Red Cross, the building also served as the home for its founder, Clara Barton, until her death in 1912.
14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 952-8010, susan.reidy@pgparks.com
Darnall’s Chance was built in 1742 by James Wardrop, one of the wealthiest merchants in 18th century Prince George’s County. Museum tours highlight the similarities and differences between Mr. Wardrop’s widow, Lettice Lee, and the lives of other 18th century women.
15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 507-6582
www.greenbeltmuseum.org
Greenbelt, Maryland is a National Historic Landmark planned community that was designed and built by the Federal Government during the Great Depression. The museum includes an original International style house furnished with artifacts from the everyday life of the 1930s and 1940s and exhibits in the Art Deco style Community Center.
5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(301) 464-5291, www.pgparks.com, susan.wolfe@pgparks.com
Federal period home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall. The home is furnished and interpreted to reflect the three generations of Duvall occupancy between 1815 and 1902.
Route 197 and Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708-2560
(301) 953-1376, www.pgparks.com
Montpelier Mansion, a National Historic Landmark site, is one of the finest examples of 18th century Georgian architecture in Maryland. Built by Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Anne Ridgeley in the 1780’s, it is now restored and furnished as an 1830’s country residence, based on Snowden family records.
7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, MD 20735-1955
(301) 856-0358, www.poplarhillonhlk.org, poplar.hill@verizon.net
This National Historic Landmark was completed in 1787 by the Darwall Family on their 1703 land grant. The furnished Georgian mansion, complete with original outbuildings and a carriage collection, has been home to a U.S. Senator, a U.S. ambassador and local Justices.
4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, MD 20737
(301) 864-0420 www.riversdale.org, www.pgparks.com , edward.day@pgparks.com
This early 1800s European-American style mansion, begun by Henri Joseph Stier, father of Rosalie Stier Calvert, was home to the Calvert family during the 19th century and of other notable Americans during the 20th century.
9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735
(301) 868-1121, www.surratt.org, laurie.verge@pgparks.com
Built in 1852, the building served as a home, hostelry, and post office during the antebellum period. It gained fame when the Surratt family became involved with John Wilkes Booth in the plot against President Lincoln. Period rooms and exhibits reflect daily life in a 19th century middle-class home.