Legg's Dependence

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Legg's Dependence
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Location200 Long Creek Court, Stevensville, Maryland
Coordinates 38°55′13″N76°20′46″W / 38.92028°N 76.34611°W / 38.92028; -76.34611 Coordinates: 38°55′13″N76°20′46″W / 38.92028°N 76.34611°W / 38.92028; -76.34611
Area5.1 acres (2.1 ha)
Built1760 (1760)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 03001116 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 2003

Legg's Dependence, also known as Long Creek Farm and William E. Porter Farm, is a historic home located at Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It is a 2+12-story center-hall plan brick house. It was built in several stages beginning around 1760–80, as a single-story hall/parlor plan dwelling. It was enlarged to its present form during the second quarter of the 19th century. [2]

The estate at one point was home to an enslaved husband and wife, Sling and Sarah Louis, who were sold through a trader in Richmond, Virginia to the owner of a plantation near Ashbie's Gap in Virginia. One or both of Sling and Sarah's parents later escaped with the help of Harriet Tubman and found their way to Philadelphia. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul B. Touart (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Legg's Dependence" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. "Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938: Maryland Narratives, Volume VIII". www.gutenberg.org.