Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)

Porto Bello
Location MD 244 E of Drayden, Drayden, Maryland
Coordinates 38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W / 38.17389; -76.45194Coordinates: 38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W / 38.17389; -76.45194
NRHP reference # 72001486 [1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1972

Porto Bello is a historic home located at Drayden, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a ​1 1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed Flemish bond brick house built after 1742. It is located on a portion of the first grant of land recorded in the province of Maryland: West St. Mary's Manor, one of the nine original Maryland Manors. Its name commemorates the Battle of Porto Bello.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Porto Bello" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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