Melwood Park


  • Address: 11008 Old Marlboro Pike (MD 408)
  • Vicinity: W of Upper Marlboro, 0.5 mi E of jct with Melwood Rd
  • 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
1715/00/00 Henry Darnall II Owner Originally believed to have been built by Ignatius Digges c 1750, the felling date of the timbers used in construction of the roof date to the winter of 1713 and spring of 1714. At the time Melwood Park was owned by Henry Darnell Jr.
1814/08/23 Major-General Robert Ross British General General Robert Ross moves his Head Quarters to Mellwood. Battle of Bladensburg

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Particulars for Melwood Park:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 76002169
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Diggs,William
Architectural Style: Georgian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1700-1749
Significant Year: c 1729
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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