Robert Darnall I

  • American


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1773/00/00 Robert Darnall I, a friend and former classmate of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, purchases Poplar Hill from the Charles Carroll of Annapolis, for 1,500 pounds. At the time the mansion house is described as being in dilapidated condition. Home His Lordship's Kindness Clinton
1784/00/00 Robert Darnall pays David Guisheard of Baltimore for plaster to work in Darnall's house. Present mansion is built for Robert Darnall and completed in 1786 (to replace the earlier residence built for his father, Henry Darnall III. Home His Lordship's Kindness Clinton
1800/00/00 According to his tax records, Robert Sewall builds the main house in 1800. He attached it to a small one-room farmhouse believed by some experts to date from 1750. Home Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site Washington, DC
1803/00/00 Robert Darnall dies without heirs and wills Poplar Hill to his nephew, Robert Sewall, a man of some means with business interests in the District of Columbia. Died His Lordship's Kindness Clinton
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