Port Tobacco Historic District
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Port Tobacco Historic District is a national historic district
in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
. It is located along both sides of Chapel Point Road immediately south of Maryland Route 6
. It includes five surviving 18th and 19th century buildings; four have been privately restored as single family residences. The fifh was renovated for use as a children's museum. Two of these buildings, Chimney House and Stagg Hall
(listed separately), are immediately adjacent to one another at one corner of the town square.
In 1972, the 1821-1892 courthouse was reconstructed on its original site for use as a museum of local history. Other buildings include several private residences built after 1940. A brick wellhouse was erected in 1958 to commemorate the county's tercentenary. Approximately 90 percent of the historic features of the community constitute archeological sites, nearly all of which have remained undisturbed by later development.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1989.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
Charles County, Maryland
Charles County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland.As of 2010, the population was 146,551. Its county seat is La Plata. This county was named for Charles Calvert , third Baron Baltimore....
. It is located along both sides of Chapel Point Road immediately south of Maryland Route 6
Maryland Route 6
Maryland Route 6 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from a dead end at the Potomac River in Riverside east to MD 235 in Oraville. MD 6 connects several small communities in southern Charles County and northern St. Mary's County with U.S. Route 301 in La...
. It includes five surviving 18th and 19th century buildings; four have been privately restored as single family residences. The fifh was renovated for use as a children's museum. Two of these buildings, Chimney House and Stagg Hall
Stagg Hall
Stagg Hall is a historic home located at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a one-story frame house built about 1740 adjacent to Port Tobacco's former town square...
(listed separately), are immediately adjacent to one another at one corner of the town square.
In 1972, the 1821-1892 courthouse was reconstructed on its original site for use as a museum of local history. Other buildings include several private residences built after 1940. A brick wellhouse was erected in 1958 to commemorate the county's tercentenary. Approximately 90 percent of the historic features of the community constitute archeological sites, nearly all of which have remained undisturbed by later development.
It was added to 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 1989.
External links
- Port Tobacco Historic District, Charles County, including photo dated 1988, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Boundary Map of the Port Tobacco Historic District, Charles County, at Maryland Historical Trust
