Pleasant Hill | |
Location | 9205 Marshall's Corner Rd., Pomfret, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°35′18″N76°59′37″W / 38.58833°N 76.99361°W Coordinates: 38°35′18″N76°59′37″W / 38.58833°N 76.99361°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | 1760 |
Architectural style | Southern Maryland House Type |
NRHP reference No. | 97001449 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1997 |
Pleasant Hill is a historic home located near Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay Tidewater house constructed between 1761 and 1995. The house illustrates the characteristic pattern of homes from small one- and two-room 18th-century dwellings into the larger houses that survive today. [2]
Pleasant Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
The land on which Pleasant Hill is located was originally part of a larger tract known as Green's Inheritance. In 1713 John Spalding purchased 200 acres of Green's Inheritance for Pleasant Hill. The home was built in at least three phases.
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