Best Endeavor | |
 Best Endeavor in 2007 | |
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| Location | 1612 Calvary Road (MD 136), Churchville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°30′12″N76°15′55″W / 39.50333°N 76.26528°W |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1740 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001993 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 28, 1990 |
Best Endeavor, also known as Buena Vista Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Churchville, Harford County, Maryland. It is a large, multi-sectioned, mid to late 18th century, partially stuccoed stone telescope house. It has two primary sections: the western unit, constructed about 1740, is four bays wide and about 1785, a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, side-passage / double parlor block was added against the east gable. Also on the property and dating from the mid-19th century or earlier are a stone smokehouse, a timber-framed barn with board and batten siding, a timber-framed shed, and the ruin of a large stone and frame bank barn. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
