Beall's Pleasure

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Beall's Pleasure
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Bealls Pleasure, 1936 HABS Photo
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Location7250 Old Landover Road, Landover, Maryland [1]
Coordinates 38°55′51″N76°53′10″W / 38.93083°N 76.88611°W / 38.93083; -76.88611
Built1795; 1936
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 79003169 [2]
Added to NRHPMay 4, 1979

Beall's Pleasure is a historic home located in Landover, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The original owner of the land was Colonel Ninian Beall. He helped establish the first Presbyterian Church in Prince George's County. [3] [4] It was built in 1795 as the summer home of Benjamin Stoddert [5] who later became the first Secretary of the Navy. [6]

The building is a 2-story Federal brick house with a 1+1⁄2-story brick wing added in 1936. The building is 5 bays wide in the front and 3 at the rear. The brick has been laid in common bond. [1]

The garden was landscaped in 1936, by Boris V. Timchenko, long-time chief architect of the annual National Capital Flower and Garden Show, and later designer of gardens for President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. [1] [7]

Beall's Pleasure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 1. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Beall's Pleasure, Landover Road Vicinity, Landover, Prince George's County, MD". Library of Congress . Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Colonel Ninian Beall". Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 3. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ Scharf, J. Thomas (1879). History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day . Baltimore: John B. Piet. Vol. II, p. 437.
  7. ↑ Christopher Owens (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beall's Pleasure" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2015.


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