St. Richard's Manor

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St. Richard's Manor
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LocationMillstone Landing Rd., Lexington Park, Maryland
Coordinates 38°17′45″N76°28′12″W / 38.29583°N 76.47000°W / 38.29583; -76.47000
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No. 85000655 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1985

St. Richard's Manor is a historic home located at Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a 1+1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick dwelling, with a steeply pitched gable roof, constructed before 1750 on the Patuxent River. Also on the property are two tobacco barns built about 1935, and a small pyramid-roofed concrete block pumphouse. [2]

On December 16, 1652, "St. Richard's Manor" was re-patented to Luke Gardiner, heir of Richard Gardiner, because the original patent had been lost as a result of the internal strife with Ingle in 1645. Shortly afterwards /_that is in the 1650s _/ Richard Edelen was contracted by Luke to build a second house on the Manor on fifty-five acres of the original land patent. This house is no longer existent; despite some local conjecture, evidence points to construction relatively shortly before 1750. [3] Richard Edelen built a second house called "Riverview" (circa 1659) for Luke Gardiner near St. Clements Island. [4]

St. Richard's Manor was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ George A.T. Donely and Peter E. Kurtze (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Richard's Manor" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ George A.T. Donely and Peter E. Kurtze (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: St. Richard's Manor" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Adventurers Cavaliers Patriots Ancestors Remembered Published by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, 1994
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