Mount Calvert Federal Period Plantation House

John Brown built this Federal-style plantation house in the 1780s, and it later became home to John Brooks and Samuel Berry and their families. Each owner left an imprint by making changes to the structure and landscape over time. Different colors of brick and mortar, along with remnants of plaster and paint on the exterior walls, reveal architectural clues to those changes. The building was constructed in three different sections, including a main block and two additions. The eastern wing was probably built before 1800 as a detached kitchen and was later interjoined to the main house. Damage to the additions was restored with modern brick, and traces of former porches and shed additions can still be seen elsewhere.

Croom, Maryland · United States