Grahame House, Graham House, Mansion House, Graeme House, or Patuxent Manor, is a historic home located at Lower Marlboro, Calvert County, Maryland. It is an 18th-century original 1+1⁄2-story brick shell laid in Flemish bond with a steeply pitched gable roof. Later alterations have included the purchase and removal of the fine paneling throughout the house to the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library.
Grahame House | |
 Grahame House, 1940 HABS Photo | |
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| Location | NE of SR 262 and 523, Lower Marlboro, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′25″N 76°40′42″W / 38.65694°N 76.67833°W |
| Built | 1754 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000571[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1972 |
Charles Grahame, for whom the home is named, was associated with Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, through Grahame's brother, David Grahame (who married Calvert's cousin, Charlotte Hyde), and with Thomas Johnson, the first elected governor of the State of Maryland, through Grahame's son (who married Johnson's daughter).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grahame House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
edit- Grahame House, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-122, "Malcolm Graeme House, State Route 262 vicinity, Lower Marlboro vicinity, Calvert County, MD", 2 photos, supplemental material