Compton Bassett (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

Compton Bassett

Compton Bassett, 1936 HABS Photo
Location 16508 Marlboro Pike, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates 38°48′55″N 76°43′1″W / 38.81528°N 76.71694°W / 38.81528; -76.71694Coordinates: 38°48′55″N 76°43′1″W / 38.81528°N 76.71694°W / 38.81528; -76.71694
Area 80 acres (32 ha)
Built 1783 (1783)
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP Reference # 83002959[1]
Added to NRHP March 8, 1983

Compton Bassett is a historic home in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that was constructed ca. 1783. It is a two-story brick Georgian house, covered with cream-colored stucco, on a high basement of gray stucco. A two-story wing was added in 1928. Remaining outbuildings include a chapel to the southeast, a meathouse to the southwest, and a dairy to the northwest. Also on the property is a family burial ground.[2]

The Hill family and descendants lived at this site from 1699 to 1900. Hills Bridge (700 meters to the southeast) has carried traffic over the Patuxent River here since a toll bridge was first constructed in 1852 by W.B. Hill. Compton Bassett was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] In July 2010 the house and grounds were acquired by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Margaret W. Cook and Pamela James (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Compton Bassett" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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