Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland) Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Porto Bello . December 1971. 2016-01-01 . Mrs. Preston Parish . Maryland Historical Trust.