| The Cottage | |
| Nearest City: | 11904 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 38.8225°N -76.7986°W |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| Added: | July 13, 1989 |
| Refnum: | 89000769 |
The Cottage is a 19th-century plantation complex located near Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland. The complex consists of the principal three-part plantation house with its grouping of domestic outbuildings and four tenant farms, scattered over . The plantation house has a -story main block constructed in the 1840s with a typical Greek Revival style interior trim and distinctive Italianate cornice brackets. Within 150feet to the northwest of the house is a complex of domestic outbuildings, including a well house, ice house, and meat house. It was the home of Charles Clagett (1819–1894), a prominent member of Upper Marlboro social and political society during the second half of the 19th century. He served as a county commissioner following the Civil War.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.