Grahame House
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Grahame House, Graham House, Mansion House, Graeme House, or Patuxent Manor, is a historic home located at Lower Marlboro
, Calvert County, Maryland
. It is an 18th-century original -story brick shell laid in Flemish bond with a steeply pitched gable roof. Later alterations have included the purchase and removal of the fine paneling throughout the house to the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
. Charles Grahame, for whom the home is named, was associated with Frederick Calvert
, sixth Lord Baltimore, through Grahame's brother, David Grahame (who married Calvert's cousin, Charlotte Hyde) and with Thomas Johnson, first elected Governor of the State of Maryland, through Grahame's son (who married Johnson's daughter).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1972.
Lower Marlboro, Maryland
Lower Marlboro, Maryland is a small, waterfront unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland along the Patuxent River....
, Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...
. It is an 18th-century original -story brick shell laid in Flemish bond with a steeply pitched gable roof. Later alterations have included the purchase and removal of the fine paneling throughout the house to the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. it houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the United States of America. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont , a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist...
. Charles Grahame, for whom the home is named, was associated with Frederick Calvert
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, 4th Proprietor of Maryland was an English nobleman and last in the line of Barons Baltimore...
, sixth Lord Baltimore, through Grahame's brother, David Grahame (who married Calvert's cousin, Charlotte Hyde) and with Thomas Johnson, first elected Governor of the State of Maryland, through Grahame's son (who married Johnson's daughter).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1972.
External links
- Grahame House, Calvert County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Malcolm Graeme House, State Route 262 vicinity, Lower Marlboro vicinity, Calvert County, MD: 2 photos and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey