Morgan Hill Farm

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Nearest city Lusby, Maryland
Coordinates 38°24′35″N76°28′46″W / 38.40972°N 76.47944°W / 38.40972; -76.47944 Coordinates: 38°24′35″N76°28′46″W / 38.40972°N 76.47944°W / 38.40972; -76.47944
NRHP reference No. 76000981 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1976

Morgan Hill Farm, also known as Morgan's Fresh or Hill Farm, is a historic home located at Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a 1+12-story gable-roofed frame house of a T-shaped plan, with single exterior chimneys on each of the three exposed ends. The original building appears to have been built about 1700, with extensively remodeled in the early 19th century. In 1952 a large rear wing was added to the house. Outbuildings include a one-story log servants' quarter, a log smokehouse, and a large tobacco barn.

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Phillip Morgan received the original land grant in 1651, under the name Morgan's Fresh. Morgan, a captain in the Puritan Militia and a locally prominent man, and sold the property in 1670 to Robert Day. In 1836 the property was sold by Day's descendants to Richard Breeden, who was probably responsible for the extensive renovations made to the house in the early 19th century and renamed the property Hill Farm. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [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 (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Morgan Hill Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.