Porto Bello | |
Location: | MD 244 E of Drayden, Drayden, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 38.1739°N -76.4519°W |
Added: | April 26, 1972 |
Refnum: | 72001486 |
Porto Bello is a historic home located at Drayden, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a -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 (1739).[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.