Sandy Point Farmhouse - Circa 1815

Sandy Point Farmhouse, built circa 1815 on property now known as Sandy Point State Park, stands on land once divided into parcels called Tryall, Scotland, Rattle Snake Point, and Gibson's Discovery. The brick house exemplifies several characteristics of Maryland architecture, including a five-part design with a two-story center section connected to two single-story wings, a form common in 18th century southern Maryland. John Gibson built the house; he was a member of the Annapolis elite, a relative of Samuel Ogle, an 18th century Governor of Maryland, one of the first stockholders and a director of the Farmers Bank in Annapolis organized in 1805, and a business associate of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Other prominent owners of the property included Baptist Mezick, a merchant of Baltimore, Doctor Thomas Spranklin, a veterinarian, and Sylvester Labrot, a Maryland co-op farmer. The farmhouse was later renovated under the Resident Curatorship Program of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the direction of the Maryland Historic Trust, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Maryland · United States