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Upper Bennett

Architectural Survey File

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Last Updated: 10-29-2003

UPPER BENNET

POPLARS

EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Like Maidstone and His Lordship's Favor, Upper Bennet is associated with the families Chew and Blake.

Richard Bennet is said to have been a Puritan who came from Virginia and acquired 1,150 acres along the Chesapeake Bay. The first house he built is supposed to have been C. 1658.

Samuel Chew, whose family built Maidstone, acquired Upper Bennet in 1725 from Benjamin Brasher. He was also related to the Blakes who owned neighboring His Lordship's Favor.

Architecturally, however, Upper Bennet is more related to Parrott 1s Cage (CLVT-54), Graham House (CLVT-10), and Calvert's Rest (STMA-19). Unfortunately, both the interior and exterior of this house have been so extensively altered in both modern times and in the last century that its original appearance is all but obliterated. On the south end, however, Flemish bond brickwork with glazed headers remains visible. The single and rather large fireplace on this end leads one to imagine that originally Upper Bennet had the appearance of an early Georgian house with two rooms down and two up, with a steeply-pitched, gabled-end roof, and enclosed chimneys on each end.

Early photographs show that the strange two-atory,ahed-roof enclosure on the northwest end was present in the Nineteenth Century.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST Cl- I~

·0 INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY

6NAME HISTORIC

Upper 1ennett ANO/OR COMMON

IJLOCATION STREET Iii NUMBER

i&Avf /Of /t'v;(., Between Bayside Road (MD 261) & Old Bayside Road. off CITY l'OWN

Chesapeake Beach VICINITY OF

STATE

Maryland

DcLAsSIFICA TION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATU S _DISTRICT _ PUBLIC XOCCUPIEO

X..BUILOINGISI .-X)>RIVATE -UNOCCUPIED

_STRUCTURE _ BOTH _ WORK IN PROGRESS

ri - SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION A CCE SSIBLE _ OBJECT _IN PROCESS ~YES RESTRICTED

- BEING CONSIDERED - YES UNRESTRICTED

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DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME

CITY TOWN

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IJLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC

STREET t. NUMBER

CITY TOWN

·II REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE

DATE

CONGRESSIONAL OISTRICTchesapeake Ave .

COUNTY

Calyer r

PRESENT USE

~GRICULTURE _ MUSEUM

... COMMERCIAL __ PA;lK

EDUCATIONAL JE-PRIVATE RESID~NCE

_ ENTERTAIN\1ENT _RELIGIOUS

_ GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

_INDUSTRIAL _ TRANSPOIHA.TION

_ MILITARY _OTHER

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CITY.TOWN STATE

II DESCRIPTION

CONDITION kn B d 1991

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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT ANO ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

It is curious to note the architectural features which the above mentioned houses Share \'1ith the Adam Thoroughgood House in Princess Anne County, Va. Although it ha.o ex erior chimneys and different fenestration , the general form and the materials are alike. Furtherflore, tradition holds that Richard Bennett as well as were puritans who migrated to Maryl~d from Virginia. The traditions of Puritan architecture in Virginia !l.I'e "'ot irrelevant to a disc~ssion of Upper Bennett.

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II SIGNIFICANCE ·r

PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK ANO JUSTIFY BELOW

- PREHISTORIC -ARCHEOLO<iY· PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _ RELIGION

• _ 1<&00- 1499 -ARCHEOLOGY·HISTORIC _CONSERVATION _ LAW _ SCIENCE

_ 1500- 1599 -AGRICULTURE -ECONOMICS _ LITERATURE _ SCULPTURE

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_ 1600·1699 -ARCHITECTURE _EDUCATION _ MILITARY _SOCIAVHUMANITARIAN

..0100- 1799 -ART _ENGINEERING - MUSIC _THEATER

iC1 aoo-1899 _COMMERCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _ PHILOSOPHY _ TRANSPORTATION

_ 1900. -COMMUNICATIONS _INDUSTRY _ POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _ OTHER <SPECIFY)

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SPECIFIC OATES BU I LOER/ ARCHITECT

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Like Maidstone and His Lordohips Favor, Upper Bennett is ascociated with the fmniliee Chew and Blake.

Richard Bennett is said to have been a puri ton \7ho came from Vir inia and acquired 1, 150 acres along the Chesapeake .Bay. The first houoc he built is suppoced to have been C. 1658.

Samuel Chew, whose family built Maid:;tone , acquired UI?per Bennett in 1725 from Benj::i.min :Brasher. He was also related to the Blakes who owned neighboring His Lordahips Favor.

Architecturally , ho.1ever , Upper Del"..nett io more related t the Parrotto Cage, (CLVT- 54) , Graham House (CLVT-10) or Calvert ' s Heat (STLlA- 19) . Unfortunately both the interior and exLerior of this ho~se have been so extcnoively altered in both raodern times and in the last century that its o~iginal appearance is all but obliter te • On the south end, ho~ever , Flemish bond brickwork with glazed headers remains visible. T e sing~e and rather large fi~eplace on this end leads one to i.maf;ine tho.t originally Upper :Dennett had the nppearance of an early Georgian hou:::e Yli th two rooms do.m and two u , with a steeply pi tcbed, gabled- end roof, and enclooed chimneys on e ch end.

Early photograpbn sho·,; th t the strange, two-otory o~ed roof enclosure on the northwest end rms preaent in the 19th Century.

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DMAJOR llIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Briscoe , B. , Know Your County

Hall of Records , Annapolis Resurvey Plat Box 3 , Fld 132 Patented Certi~icate #128

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lll)GEOGRAPHICALDATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 135. 14 ~

VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION

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LIST ALL STATES ANO COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE COUNTY

STATE COUNTY

mFORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE

ORGANIZATION DATE

STREET & NUMBER TELEPHONE

CITY OR TOWN STATE

The Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature, to be found in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 Supplement.

The Survey and Inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringe­ment of individual property rights .

RETURN TO: Maryland Historical Trust The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (301) 267-1438

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Historic and graceful Lipper Bennett, home of the Baggetts, reflects over 300 years of living. and like r-.1:tryland itself, has weathered successive tribulations hut emerged into its present era of gracious living through hard work and quiet pride.

Richard Bennett first acquired the land. 1.150 acres at the time. after leaving Virginia becau'c of popular opp,>sition to his strong Puritan views. l'vJernber of a wealthy English merchant family, he and se\eral associate.;; ''ere granted "a!I that land lying on the west side of the Che:;,apeakc Bay from the Patuxcnt River to Palmer':, hl:tnd."

The first home \\as built in 1658. sold thereafter by Bennett h) Benjamin Brashear \\hen Bennett returned to a more sympa­thetic political climate in \"irginia. where he later hecame governor of that Colony.

Upper Bennett pa ... \ed then tL' Benjamin Brn-.hears' son. K«'·,··' who sold the gr<1nt in r. 1;·ceb. v. ith the hnme ;md adjacent l<:r· ,-.. .r,;h;,-;cJ by one L'f '.\IMyland"s mnst illuqrious families. th·,_· 1._ ·.~.Samuel Cf1,--.,. v·Jw t'-,)ugllt the propt:rty on Dccemher I\. I '30. \\Wi a grand,~)!! L,f the tir-;t Samuel Chew. founder of t:1c

Herrin~ Bay Sct:lement. Early re..:ord~ indicate that as a memb:::r of the Fedcr<ition of Freemen and c<.)lonel of the I'\.lilitia, Samuel Che\\ lived up to the standard, '>Ct by hi~ pioneering grandfather.

A rcl!ll\•.:ned patriot, Samuel Chew durin!! the Revl1lutionary W:ir loaned a well-bred. \pirited Arabian flllr..,e to his cousin, .r. c ,,·rh BL1ke. who prorni~ed tt1 use it in recruiting men for the f\,,: .ti' Army.

I:.·- ... ,,_; pf utilizing the qeed as a mobile recruiting platform. a'- propu.>ed. Blake entered him in a number of races, whereupon Col. Chew returned the animal to hi-. home pa-.ture where he became a predecessor of the fine animah which ha\e traditionally grazed upon the rich land of Upper Benn~tt.

During the Civil \Var the home made hi'>tory a\ every member of the Chew family supported the Confederate cause as best he could. At one tim.: Yankee soldier" camped on the place and made life thoroughly mi.,eranle for the entire family, ordering them about and confi-.;cating all the food and hou~ehold articles they c.>uld find.

A family legend tells of the strong-minded maiden aunt who wore a brace of pi,toh a'i a bustle to keep the Yankee sold!as

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from finding them and of the grandfather who was running contra­b<.tnd to the Confederate troops, hiding the precious guns in the beech woods back of the house. He finally escaped via the Bay to outrun the Federal troops.

While the battle raged in this vicinity, the Chews put feather beds in the windows to keep musket balls out.

During, or shortly after. the Civil War the back half of the hou<,e wa<; added, creating an architecture unusual in the area with a brick front and clapboard back to the home. Wide chimn~ys stand on either end of the house and the roof, which is stt:ep, slants out over the front porch into which are set four dormer windows. The wide porch on the front-facing the Bay-invite~ the visitor to rest awhile on one of the benches on either side of the entrance door and admire the view of the Bay and the rolling countryside surrounding the home.

From 17 30, U ppe1 Bennett remained in pc'>'>es~ion of the •..:une family, descending in a straight line to ,\lis; Jane Gantt, whose Jlll'thcr Wa<; Anna Chew.

When Ji:'>se and J:ram.:e, Bag~ett purch~hed the property in 1958 the house had deteriorated to the poi:it that the seller in­quired v. hen ··,\1r. Haggett \vanted the old house burned dtm n to clear the property."

\1r. B<tggett didn't. And then began the period of 1econ'>tructi1)n at Upper Bennett,

which continues today. The Baggetb wurkt:d from a firm founda­tion. and week hy week and year hy year continued the rebuilding.

The gracious entrance hall open'> on to a study and dinin:; room. where a high simple mantle. supported hy fluted pilastc:r\, c1•11t:1ins scroll work hand cut of wood. Part of the chimney in thi'> room is hollow and it was there the Chew family hid their silwr during the Yankee occupation.

Tht: Baggetts later added a new wing, completing the previous inbalance of the home, which contains a family room and brick walled side, with another cheerful fireplace.

A summt:r house, a freezing hou'>e and other outbuildings were cumtn:cted, <.ldding the clean efficienc} of a working farm to the n:ston:d gracinu'>11e~~ of a home which formt:rly, and <tgain today, reflects all that is fine in Ma1yland living.

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~ Wilton ure receiving atulations on 'the birth laughter on August 30th lumbia Hospital, Wash-

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Terry Lynn Sheckel

Huntingtown and E Belle Smith of Long left Sunday, Septemb

1. Mrs. Wilton is th!! 19i5 for York Colle1 :r Sally Morsell, daugh- Pennsylvania for the f Mrs. John B. Morsell the late Mr. Morsell. semester. and Mrs. Wilton and Mr. and Mrs. Hundl•

daughter are now at Kenney and Mr. and home on Buzzard's Is-

Farm. Elliott Sheckells spent

11ng People in the area have recently entered

ges include the follow­Susie Hance, Univer­ot Delaware; Beth

m, William and Mary; ifer Hicks, Bucknell; n Prouty, Un. of Mary-

Medical School; John ty, Wake Forest; Hal :han, Hampden-Sydney; te Goldstein, Marcia

Labor Day weeken

Niagara Falls and Can

: J(nouU-~- :m and Dick Gray, --T-he. N~eld.Est~t;-Citizen~-Washington College; D?ris A held its annual benefit Jean Conlyn, East Carolina;

Faye and Terry

Sheckells, daughters <

and Mrs. Elliott Sheck

Huntingtown, flew by Airlines to Honolulu, l

August 18, 1975, to spe1

weeks vacation with sister and brother­Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. 'I son and family; T Mark and Amy. Whil• they visited many pl: interest nncl enjoyed minute. They relurr Fril'ndship Airport on day, S.-plt·rnbl'r 2, lll'/; 1mid it is more b1 thnn you would think

ssoc. Elizabeth Rid1:ky, State nuction al Hilltop House on

Ulll.Vl'rR1'ty n1.·1l'llsli111·«·, Pat Upper Bennell By Betty Brbicue :-·:::;-*'~=-- _______ ..

;,... 11<-nudt co11ti1Hwd From 1730 "Upper llennett" ,, :. t week's "Know had rcmuincd in possession ir C"uuty" article. of the family and had dc­·.,ur columnist and a scendcd in straight line to tog;·,q;her for the Indc- Miss Jane Gantt whose d!'nt visited there last mother was Anna Chew. So dnesday - of course, to this brings me up to the .tog~<iph the house of to- charming lady I knew who

lived at Upper Bennett in my time. As I look back she

VL . ::· .. ~:·ed the large gates never seemed to be too busy m ,; .. ; I3each road and to greet visitors with sincere vc :hrough a breath cordiality and hospitality and ing long lane, passing to linger with them in remi­,ds in the lower area niscence of Upper Bennett's :c:;· _.; ._.r,ursc arc <'nhanced golden past. h L , __ ;tiful trees :.ind sum- · h

Compare this picture wit · '.:ering growth. At the one in last week's "Know·

,, ~ . c: c:0me to an opening Your County" column.

.i: '' distance, high on a Next week's article will Y <·'.( ;:;tion stands the old tell a little of the architecture ·s.::. Tr:c fields and grounds

of the house and what has ::irv·-:id are beautifully been changed about the ex­

;t - C:.;tted here and there terior. Oh yes, there are a

i; :..r: old barn or out few folklore stories I must ldL:c>· Unfortunately for

relate also. tl.e ;' .'.:age upfront of the A house with a history that ,,. \\•:Lich use to be) and

has been preserved. "Thank t0lL•Y faces the Eay side,

the Lord." ,,,.. trees make it too

...,,. i r0wsed around and ,, .,J:· pictures from what n '. ., .,l' the back as access

- t;,.· :.ouse now is facing s'. ; ·Fesume this is the

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Birth Announcement

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Shcckells of Huntingtown arc pleased to announce the birth of their new grand­daughter Amy Marie. Amy was born August 5, 1975 at Triples Army Medical Cent­Pr, Honolulu, Hawaii and weigh('d 7 pounds 6 ounces. ller happy and most proud parents arc Mr. and Mrs. .Tack K. Thompson of Barbers Point, Hawaii. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Garland Thompson of Belleville, Kansas.

Sunday, August 31. It wns n ' • ,.. n)cmberB Sturdevnnt, Cary O'Nl'ill und

i.:nln ufTnir with donntlnit ortlckl'I for sale, C1try Golt, UniVPn:ity 0 -C delicious hors d'oeuvre&, & M:1rylun<l; Louii;a Gohhitl'in,

11 American University Law money as well as time, n combined to mnke this 11 real School; Rick Wl·lll'r, Hounoke

!un night. Donald King, our ~~l~~ge~o~~~:,n Jr~~~~· i~~,~~ own resident auctioneer, was

Wachter, University of West in great form nnd ns n result Virginia; Mike Len, St. of his evening's activities, the Association will have funds Mary's College; Kerry Jones,

Florida Institute of Tcch­to refurbish Hilltop House. nology; Patricia O'Neill, As usual the citizens of N.E. Penn State for work on a were more than generous Master's degree. with their own special talents and beautiful articles caused fast and furious bidding. President Jean Paquin and the officers of N.E.C.A. wish to thank everyone who con­tributed to the success ot this function.

The last business meeting of the Neeld Estate Citizens Assoc. for the current season will be held on Saturday, September 20, at 11 a.m. at Hilltop House. At this meet­ing, officers for 1976 will be elected and a tentative budg­et for the coming year will

. be proposed. Please circle the date on your calendar.

Betty Fale.. is still prone with her broken leg and husband John has really been "ruling the roost". Betty reports that he's most talent­ed in housekeeping as well as the culinary arts.

Guests of the Neeld family this week included Mr. and Mrs. Wes Jaques and daugh­ter Celeste, of Hutchinson, Kas. Mr. Jaques is the brother of Mrs. Viva Neeld.

Barbara and Jim Cleri­c u z i o are entertaining guests Rose and Nick Ambiz­ioso from Bloomfield, N.J. Rose is Jim's sister; daughter tcr Carol has returned to Albany Medical C::ollege to begin her second year. Carol is a straight A student and tops the Dean's List.

Polly and Clay Thompson entertained friends last Sat­urday night and guests. later

· enjoyed a pizza party with the Clericuzios.

Mrs. Philip Crifaei, who has been spending two weeks with her parents, Col. and Mrs. Robert Conlyn, has re­turned to her home at San Francisco. Ensign Mark Conlyn, who has also been visiting his parents, recently obtained a Master's degree from the University of West­ern Florida. Ensign Conlyn is at present stationed at Pensacola.

Mr. Lee Bradshaw, ot Minneapolis, is spending a couple of weeks with his mother, Mrs. Charles Mi...cto, in Prince Frederick. Lee is recuperating from a serious plane accident.

·Mr. and Mrs. Jack O' Ferrell and Mrs. Pat Costello, of Baltimore, visited their sister, Mrs. Herbert SmithQI', last week end.

Auxiliary Sponsors Card Party

A card party to be given by the Calvert Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for the benefit of the hospital will be held on Saturday, September 27, at 8 p.m. The affair will be held at Calvert Senior High School on Dares Beach Rd., Prince Frederick, in the cafetorium.

Card games of all types will be played and there will be prizes for the winners .

Lil und Alphonse of Huntingtown arc Cl

ing the return of the wife and grandson. Sg Caplins and his wife, : with their four mor

baby, James Kennetl': in Germany for thr

one-half years.

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1-:nn thouf(h some of the 1·xll'nor nrchilccture may not conform. I !eel the house ond ~rounds nre a show pince o! 11!1 own. The preservation o! the oriuinal house which like nil early houses o! Calvert w1111 I Y.t stories nnd , t ime pl .. yed n part for the oddi­llons ns nil old houses In Cuh'Nt.

Thl' room M1:<s Cimtt used ns n li\•ini: N\Om during her t lm". 1s on the lcCl o! the cntrnnc~· hnll which run• s1r111~ht throuuh the house nnd is one ot the two orli:!n:i l rooms down :.tuirs. Hrrr ) 'Ou

could find n hii:h SJmple 11imple mantle support<'d b)· tluted pilasters. The scroll work on the mnntle wns In the shnpc o! little dinmonds which were cut out and np· plied by hand. Part of the Chimney in the room is hol· low and it was here the Chews hid their silver during the Yankee occupation. On the upper Ooor, boards by the chimney could be removed nrct lhl' •diver dropped down I.IC' h~l\low pan o! the open-lllft. n,.,,l.1C'in~ the bo:i.rds, no ''"'" "h.> Jtrl not know the ""'~I. . ~.uld \c-H an)'\Nr~ ... '" .. . : , .t

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Anothc-r p r ltc 1tory w11s Samuel Chew morrlcd a Mi!l:S Wl'l'ms, and followin& her dei. th Miss Pr1scil111 Claggett, d11ughlcr of the Rev. Samuel Clu1:i:ett and sister ot Mary. land's tlrst Bishop. One of the letters that wo9 in possession of Miss Gantt years ago. was from Bishop Clnggett to hl.s daughter Patsy, asking her to "be pleased to make Ned call a t the store and get him o loaf o f 9ugar and a pound of snuff". Apparently a Mary­land Bishop enjoyed life as much as his parishoners. An­other prize document at Upper Bennett was a certifi­cate of contlrmation ot Mary Ann Clnggcll by her father, the Bl&hop.

If the old part of the house rould talk, mony talcs could be carrlf.'d 11w11y from Its en· clo9Urc. 1 used to love to lls­tc-n to her rcmlnl.Jcc. I only w1.sh I hod mllde not.cs ot m11n)' mort.

Your C'Olumn!n doc-s have wm" love token• from Upl)<'r Jknr.clt. An old roa.c built ~·hlch thrh-~ there 1 \.C;Ok a "11\:\ll root and h.a-.· t r~wn It Tod.\)' atll":" pNnlnc a nd lrllnr;:>llntlnt It l.'l U'.e 19:1n'-1t u lhri\·lni.:. a hu•-d rr.-dc wooden rollJn: pin, K''cal hnndmtide .spoon:. and • wooden potatD mu.her. t.hC":<e I treasure .

The grounds at Upper Ben· nett like the old house itself aro characterized hy th~ old world charm und simplicity even lhouth It h:u ln UM: put a bit of a : - l.:t.r.c. 11u- ,..,,. ,.. .. ~t;-..-u u-.,, ......-.r.tr to . .-: .. • ~..,#'"~ ~· +..: •• :r-.AJ .:. t:-s r~

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C.'lh~rt c,)Unt)' H l.lme· m1a'kt=-s nN."d Y•'ur h l'.' lp. Cnn you •pare 11 !rw hours to work in t hc- Sn11'ck Dnr nt the County r11lr. llclp i~ r.t"<'dc-d fn>m 10 to 2 on W C'dnC"~d11y, Octob<-r 1; Thursd11)', rnd11y :i.nd Snt· urd.iy (Octvbcr :?, 3, 4 ) help will be nel'.'<il'J f rom 10 to 1; 1 to 4; ond 4 to clo:;lng. Drc-11k!Dst will be i.crvC'd cnch d11y Crom ll·7 A.M. It any "c-11rlybirds" would like to help out.

Call either Mtiry Gross, 535-0HG, or tho Extension Service 00\cc. 535-1480 to algn up. This Is the Homc­mnkers Council only money maklne project tor this year.

Extension progrnms are open to all regnrdlcas ot race, color or national origin.

Calverton 1'~olhers Set Country Fair And Supper

Pinn now to nttcnd the 0th Annuol Calverton School Country F1tir ond Supper sponsor<'d by the Cnlvnton Mother's Club on Octobt·r 11 from 12 N<.><m until 7 P.M. The new loc11tltm tl il~ Yl't•r ls the N11t1onol Cunrd A11moi-y on Armory fi<,11d Ir: Pnncc }'rcdcrlck.

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The United Women·~ Clubs c 4th Quarterly Mectl111: wilt be h· ern M11ryl11nd nt Inn, Ro\ll(•S 40 & ville, Mnrylund u on 'fhursduy, Sc 1975.

Congres!imnn Byron, lkprcsent 6th Con1:rc11sion will be the ~UCSI the lunchc·un.

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GREAT ELTONHEAD are two mansions of the same type: typical two-storey early Eighteenth Century brick buildings with string courses and moulded bases.

The MANOR OF GREAT ELTONHEAD was a five - ·usand acre estate surveyed in 165~ for Edward .r..Jtonhead. 4 Samuel Bourne, who was the son of Capt. Thomas Bourne of the Grosses Guild, owned the entire "Eltonhead Manor" and lived in the first manor-house before he died in 1693. He left to his son Samuel Bourne (Jr.) two thousand acres with the plantation (dwelling) by Drum Point. This would place the first manor-house near the present

4 "Eltonhead Manor" was originally WOO acres surveyed in 1648 for William Eltonhead and later possessed by Nicholas Sewall, Edward Digges, Ignatius Taylor, and Charles Sewall. At another time Nicholas Causine of "Causine's Manor" was Lord of "Eltonhead Manor".

"Rous by Hall". The second manor-house stands at Little Cove Point and is clearly a middle Eigh­teenth Century mansion. Its panelling was burnt out about fifty years ago. Some of the original small-paned windows are remaining on the side toward the Bay.

CAPTAIN CLARK's HousE, from which the panelling was taken for the Baltimore Museum of Art, stands at Little Cove Point, four miles or more from the site of the first manor-house. The panelling of ·CAPT. CLARK's HousE is clearly Eighteenth Century work in the sophistication indicated in the refinement of the mouldings, the breaking-out of cornices, running-wave ornaments, thin fluted pilas­ters, stump pilasters, balusters set diagonally instead of straight, and other features.

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Forman, H. Chandlee 1982 Early Manor and Plantation Houses of Maryland.

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