73-016 Mount Lubentia (NR) 603 Largo Road, Largo
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Built in the late eighteenth century, Mount Lubentia is a two-and-one-half-story brick plantation house; its hip roof has cresting between the chimneys, and its walls are laid in Flemish bond. The principal structure was probably built before the Revolution, but not finished until the end of the 18th century. It has exceptionally fine Federal decorative detail on both the exterior and interior. Mount Lubentia was built by Dennis Magruder on the foundations of an earlier house. A unique 18thcentury octagonal dairy, moved from another plantation (Graden, now destroyed), stands on the grounds. Mount Lubentia was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The name is derived from the Latin, meaning “delight,� and began to be called that in the 1840s under the ownership of the Jeremiah Bealls.
Chelsea 601 Watkins Park Drive Upper Marlboro vicinity (M-NCPPC)
Built in the late eighteenth century, rebuilt circa 1830, Chelsea is a two-story, hip-roof frame house with a bracketed cornice and a combination of Federal and Greek Revival interior trim. The small Federal house was purchased by the Berry family in the 1790s, and enlarged and renovated a generation later. It remained in the Berry family until 1917. The name derives from the tract known as Chelsea patented in 1671. The house is currently under restoration.
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