Morgan Hill Farm, also known as Morgan's Fresh or Hill Farm, is a historic home located at Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a 1+1⁄2-story gable-roofed frame house of a T-shaped plan, with single exterior chimneys on each of the three exposed ends. The original building appears to have been built about 1700, with extensively remodeled in the early 19th century. In 1952 a large rear wing was added to the house. Outbuildings include a one-story log servants' quarter, a log smokehouse, and a large tobacco barn.
Morgan Hill Farm | |
 Morgan Hill Farm - Sign, December 2008 | |
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| Nearest city | Lusby, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°24′35″N 76°28′46″W / 38.40972°N 76.47944°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000981[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1976 |
Phillip Morgan received the original land grant in 1651, under the name Morgan's Fresh. Morgan, a captain in the Puritan Militia and a locally prominent man, and sold the property in 1670 to Robert Day. In 1836 the property was sold by Day's descendants to Richard Breeden, who was probably responsible for the extensive renovations made to the house in the early 19th century and renamed the property Hill Farm.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ J. Richard Rivoire (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Morgan Hill Farm" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links
edit- Morgan Hill Farm, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust