Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1675/00/00 | Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore | Home | Mount Airy is originally built as a hunting lodge for his Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore. | |||
1751/00/00 | Benedict Swingate Calvert | Home | Benedict inherits Mount Airy tabacco plantation. | |||
1774/02/03 | George Washington | Guest | George Washington attends the nuptials of his adopted son, John Park Custis, to Eleanor Calvert at Mount Airy. | |||
1774/02/03 | John Parke Custis | Groom | Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Benedict S Calvert and Elizabeth Calvert, marries John P Custis the bride's family home. For two or three years after their marriage, the young couple will live alternately at Mount Vernon and Mount Airy. | |||
1799/01/09 | Benedict Swingate Calvert | Died | Benedict Swingate Calvert dies at home, Mount Airy. He is buried beneath the chancel of the church of St Thomas in Croom. | |||
1931/04/00 | Cissy Patterson | Home | After a fire in 1931 left only the masonry walls standing, Cissy Patterson buys the Mount Airy ruins and restores them to their former glory. |
Particulars for Mount Airy Mansion: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | Mansion |
Criteria | Person |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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