Linden (Port Tobacco, Maryland)

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Linden
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Nearest city Port Tobacco, Maryland
Coordinates 38°33′16″N77°0′46″W / 38.55444°N 77.01278°W / 38.55444; -77.01278 Coordinates: 38°33′16″N77°0′46″W / 38.55444°N 77.01278°W / 38.55444; -77.01278
Built1783
NRHP reference No. 77000693 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1977

Linden is a historic home located near Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a rambling frame house, consisting of a 2+12-story main block with wings, embodying many traditional characteristics of Tidewater architecture. The house is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the Port Tobacco Valley. The home was begun early in the 1780s and enlarged about 1800, and in the late 1830s. Linden was probably built as a summer residence about 1783, by Henry Barnes, a wealthy Port Tobacco merchant and on a property that remained in the same family for over 300 years. [2]

Linden was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [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. J. Richard Rivoire (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Linden" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.