Maryland - Calvert County
Calvert County Maryland has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cedar Hill, Drum Point Lighthouse, JEFFERSONIAN Gunboats NUMBER 137 and NUMBER 138 (Shipwreck), Maidstone and TENNISON, WM. B. (Chesapeake Bay Bugeye).

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Woodland and Et Al. dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Calvert County historic places including Commodore Joshua Barney, Roger Brooke Taney and Charles Grahame.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Calvert County places including Johnathan Stricker, Frank Laird, B.P. Miles, William Price, Mr. Winston, Gibson & Company Lyons, J.B. Lusby, Gray, John B. and Sr.. Prominent architectural styles found in Calvert Country are Georgian, Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival.

All Saints' Church (added 1973 - - #73000908)
3.4 mi. E of Lower Marlboro on MD 416 , Lower Marlboro
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
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Cedar Hill (added 1973 - - #73000905)
Also known as Bigger
2 mi. W of Barstow on Buena Vista Rd. , Barstow
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Chesapeake Beach Carousel (added 1973 - - #73002318)
Also known as Dentzel Carousel
Chesapeake Beach Amusement Park , Chesapeake Beach
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Chesapeake Beach Railway Station (added 1980 - - #80001798)
8005 Bayside Rd. , Chesapeake Beach
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
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Christ Church (added 1975 - - #75000871)
SW of Port Republic on Broome Island Rd. , Port Republic
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
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Cornehill (added 1972 - - #72000572)
Emmanuel Church Rd. , Parran
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Cove Point Lighthouse (added 1973 - - #73000907)
Off MD 497 , Cove Point
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Defense, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
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Drum Point Lighthouse (added 1973 - - #73000910)
W shore of Back Creek, Calvert County Marine Museum , Solomons Island
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
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Grahame House (added 1972 - - #72000571)
Also known as Graham House;Mansion House;Graeme House;Patuxent Manor;Patux
NE of SR 262 and 523 , Lower Marlboro
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Grahame,Charles
Significant Year:
1754
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
JEFFERSONIAN Gunboats NUMBER 137 and NUMBER 138 (Shipwreck) (added 2002 - - #02000122)
Also known as Vessel D1 and Vessel D2, 18CV414
Address Restricted , St. Leonard
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Price, William, Stricker, Johnathan
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Barney, Commodore Joshua
Significant Year:
1807, 1808, 1814
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Maritime History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Other
La Veille (added 1973 - - #73000909)
Also known as LaVeille
W of Mutual on Ben La Veille Rd. off MD 264 , Mutual
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Linden (added 2000 - - #00000285)
Also known as CT-811
70 Church St. , Prince Frederick
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gray, John B., Sr.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Italianate
Significant Year:
1868, 1907
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Law
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Lore, J. C., Oyster House (added 1984 - - #84003869)
Also known as Lore,J.C.,and Sons,Inc., seafood packing plant
MD 2 , Solomons
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lusby,J.B.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Lyons, Joseph D., House (added 1998 - - #98000839)
Also known as CT-196
7120 Wayside Dr. , Sunderland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyons, Gibson & Company
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Maidstone (added 1971 - - #71000370)
Also known as Maid Stone;Canaan
Chesapeake Beach Rd. , Owings
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Middleham Chapel (added 1975 - - #75000870)
1 mi. SE of Lusby on U.S. 4 , Lusby
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Morgan Hill Farm (added 1976 - - #76000981)
Also known as Morgan's Fresh;Hill Farm
Sollers Rd., W of Lusby , Lusby
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
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Patterson's Archeological District (added 1982 - - #82002808)
Also known as St. Leonard's Plantation;St. Leonard's;Long Point;Patterson'
Address Restricted , Wallville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic, Woodland, Et Al.
Period of Significance:
7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Fortification, Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Unoccupied Land
Preston-on-the-Patuxent (added 1974 - - #74000943)
N of Johnstown off Sollers Mill Rd. , Johnstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
TENNISON, WM. B. (Chesapeake Bay Bugeye) (added 1980 - - #80001799)
Also known as Chesapeake Bay Bugeye Buy-boat
Calvert Marine Museum , Solomons
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Laird, Frank, Miles,B.P.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Architecture, Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Water-Related
More Information:
Taney Place (added 1972 - - #72000570)
Also known as Berry
S of Adelina on MD 508 , Adeline
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Taney,Roger Brooke
Significant Year:
1777, 1750
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Law, Architecture, Philosophy
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Willow Glenn (added 1973 - - #73000906)
Also known as Weems House
NW of Barstow on Barstow Rd. , Barstow
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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