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Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Road, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD
Summary
Significance: Mount Pleasant is a rare surviving example of an early brick dwelling built in the southern Tidewater style. Dwellings of this type, one-and-a-half stories with a gambrel roof, were commonly found during the period of early settlement in Prince George's County, although generally executed in wood frame. Mount Pleasant was built ca. 1759 as the plantation home of John Waring.
Survey number: HABS MD-665
Building/structure dates: ca. 1785 Initial Construction
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Klugh, T, transmitter
Brostrup, John O, photographer
Location
Upper Marlboro, 38.83806, -76.72542
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
