79-059 St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church 14705 Oak Grove Road Leeland
79-060 Beechwood 15919 Leeland Road Leeland
Built in 1774, St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church is a twostory brick structure, with hip-on-hip roof, modillion cornice and walls laid in Flemish bond. The third church on the site, it was built during the tenure of ardent Tory rector Jonathan Boucher. Victorianized in the 1850s, St. Barnabas’ was restored in 1974. Among its furnishings are items from the original church: the marble baptismal font and silver communion service (1718) and “The Last Supper” painting by Gustavus Hesselius (1721). St. Barnabas’ is associated with some of the county’s most prominent families, many of whom are buried in the adjoining graveyard.
Built in 1913, Beechwood is a two-story, hip-roof frame dwelling of Neo-Classical style. It is distinguished by its monumental Tuscan portico and Colonial Revival interior detail. Beechwood was built on the site of George Hilleary’s eighteenth-century plantation house, and was the home of prominent Prince George’s County genealogist and author, Effie Gwynn Bowie. It is an outstanding example of Neoclassical domestic architecture.
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