Belvoir

  • Also Known As: Scott's Plantation also Bellevoir also Belle Voir

  • Address: MD 178
  • Vicinity: 0.5 mi E of Crownsville
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1662/00/00 Tracts of land are patented during 1662-1663 to Nicholas Wyatt (died 1673), a 1649 emigrant from Virginia and a prominent Anne Arundel County Quaker.
1690/00/00 A gambrel-roof dwelling is built.
1735/00/00 John Ross of Belvoir Home In the mid 1730's John Ross begins buying large tracts of land surrounding the a 1690 dwelling. Ross' principal land purchases for 1735 to 1736 include tracts patented during 1662-1663 to Nicholas Wyatt.
1781/09/16 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Patriot Commander Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur camps with his troops at Belvoir on September 16 and 17, 1781.
1789/00/00 Francis Scott Key Family Mrs Elizabeth Ross Scott brings her great-nephew, Francis Scott Key, a student at St John's, to Belvoir to see his great-grandmother.
1798/00/00 Elizabeth Key Maynadier Home By 1798, the Maynadiers are living with Mrs Ross, Elizabeth's grandmother. Mrs Ross, blind, continues to hold title to Belvoir.
1805/11/28 Col Henry Maynadier Home Henry Maynadier makes a notation: "Belvoir Nov 28, 1805". It is the earliest recorded "Belvoir" name.
1809/00/00 Brice John Worthington Groom Ann Lee Fitzhugh marries Brice John Worthington at Belvoir. Ann Fitzhugh met Brice Worthington of Summer Hill (lost), Crownsville, during a hunt at Belvoir hosted by Colonel Maynadier.
1809/00/00 Anna Fitzhugh Worthington Bride Ann Lee Fitzhugh marries Brice John Worthington at Belvoir. Ann Fitzhugh met Brice Worthington of Summer Hill (lost), Crownsville, during a hunt at Belvoir hosted by Colonel Maynadier.
1811/01/05 Ann Ross Key Died Anne Arnold Ross Key dies at Belvoir, Anne Arundel, Maryland. She is buried in the graveyard at Belvoir.
1816/00/00 Brice John Worthington Owner Brice and Ann Worthington buy Belvoir land from John Ross' heirs including Belvoir, although they will continue to reside at Summer Hill (lost). Destroyed by fire, Summer Hill was located west of Hockley about 3 miles south of Crownsville.
1816/00/00 Anna Fitzhugh Worthington Owner Brice and Ann Worthington buy Belvoir land from John Ross' heirs including Belvoir, although they will continue to reside at Summer Hill (lost). Destroyed by fire, Summer Hill was located west of Hockley about 3 miles south of Crownsville.
1832/02/10 Elizabeth Key Maynadier Died Elizabeth Ross Key Maynadier passes away. She is buried in the cemetery at Belvoir in Anne Arundel, Maryland.
1837/12/00 After Brice John Worthington's death in 1837, Lot Number 1 containing "the Building at Bellevoir" is devised to his son George Fitzhugh Worthington.

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Particulars for Belvoir:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 71000366
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1690
Associated People: Ross,John
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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