Bard's Field, or Bard's Field on Trinity Manor, is a historic home located at Ridge

Ridge, Maryland

Ridge is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Bard's Field was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is near the southernmost tip of the western shore of Maryland, known as Point Lookout, has bodies of water on both sides, and has two...

, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

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. It was built in the early 19th century. It is a -story frame house on a brick foundation with double exterior end chimneys. The house is representative of a common, 18th century, Southern Maryland

Southern Maryland

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 house type. It is operated as a bed and breakfast

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Bard's Field was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1976.

External links

• Bard's Field, St. Mary's County, including photo from 1999, at Maryland Historical Trust
• St. Mary's County Historic Preservation Commission: Bard's Field entry
• Bard's Field, Ridge vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 7 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey