Grahame House

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Grahame House
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Grahame House, 1940 HABS Photo
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LocationNE of SR 262 and 523, Lower Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates 38°39′25″N76°40′42″W / 38.65694°N 76.67833°W / 38.65694; -76.67833 Coordinates: 38°39′25″N76°40′42″W / 38.65694°N 76.67833°W / 38.65694; -76.67833
Built1754
NRHP reference No. 72000571 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1972

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+12-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.

Charles Grahame, for whom the home is named, was associated with Frederick Calvert, sixth Lord Baltimore, through Grahame's brother, David Grahame (who married Calvert's cousin, Charlotte Hyde) and with Thomas Johnson, 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grahame House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.