Needwood Forest
- Also Known As: Bartholomew Booth's School for Boys
- Also Known As: Old Needwood
- Address: 1311 Lees Ln
- Vicinity: E of Burkittsville Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1775/00/00 | Bartholomew Booth's school for boys is in operation at the house called Needwood Forest, 1777-1778. Research research by Paul and Rita Gordon dates at least part of the residence to about 1775-1776. | |||||
| 1776/00/00 | Thomas Lee Shippen | School | Tommy Shippen attends Needwood Forest Academy in Fredrick Town, Maryland. | |||
| 1783/00/00 | Thomas Sim Lee | Owner | Thomas S Lee and his wife Mary Digges Lee buy the 1,000 acre Forest of Needwood plantation situated on the eastern side of South Mountain between Burkittsville and Petersville in Frederick County. | |||
| 1808/00/00 | William Lee of Needwood Forest | Home | Needwood Forest, a Federal style brick main residence, is possibly built c 1808 for William Lee, the second son of Governor Thomas Sim Lee. The house will remain in the Lee family until 1949. | |||
| 1816/00/00 | Thomas Sim Lee | Home | Thomas Sim Lee begins living at Needwood Forest. | |||
| 1816/00/00 | A stone tenant house is erected southwest of the main dwelling house. Constructed of rubble stone with brick gables, it was probably rebuilt in the early 20th century. | |||||
| 1819/11/09 | Thomas Sim Lee | Died | Thomas Sim Lee dies at Old Needwood in Frederick County, Maryland, Maryland. | |||
| 1855/00/00 | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur | Home | A square tower is added by Samuel L Gouverneur, husband of Mary Digges Lee, William Lee's oldest daughter. The structure includes a kitchen, perhaps replacing the original kitchen in the service wing, with servants quarters on the two levels above. | |||
| 1860/00/00 | Maria Monroe Gouverneur | Home | Gouverneurs lays out a formal garden with boxwood and radiating pathways, two-story garden house, conservatory and carriage house. The property also has a c 1875 frame barn, and an ice house that has been altered for use as part of a playhouse. | |||
| 1862/09/15 | Thomas S Lee | Nurse | Thomas S Lee administers to the wants of the Confederate Sgt Benjamin Mell of Georgia at Old Needwood Forest. | Battle of South Mountain | ||
| 1862/09/17 | Old Needwood Forest is used as a hospital during the Battle of Antietam. | Battle of Antietam |
| Particulars for Needwood Forest: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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