Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)
Porto Bello | |
HABS photograph of Porto Bello | |
| Location | MD 244 E of Drayden, Drayden, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001486 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1972 |
Porto Bello is a historic home located at Drayden, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed Flemish bond brick house built after 1742. It is located on a portion of the first grant of land recorded in the province of Maryland: West St. Mary's Manor, one of the nine original Maryland Manors. Its name commemorates the Battle of Porto Bello (1739).[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Porto Bello" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
External links
- Porto Bello, St. Mary's County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust