82A-000-37 5905 Old Crain Highway

Built in 1899—Beacon Hill (Marbury Heights) is a large frame farmhouse with hip and gable roof, Colonial Revival in style. It is distinguished by pedimented gable ends, dentillated cornices, and a projecting bay set diagonally at one corner. The house was built in 1899 for Alexander Marshall Marbury. From 1938 to 1991, Beacon Hill was the home of Judge Charles Clagett Marbury, the second generation of the family. Beacon Hill is a somewhat unusual example of a popular local house form; it is a prominent landmark on the old road south of Upper Marlboro.

60-007(NR) 6011 Ammendale Road

Built in 1880—St. Joseph’s Chapel is a front-gabled brick chapel with ornate Queen Anne detail. Jigsawn vergeboards adorn the eaves of the principal gable front, the gothic-arch windows are filled with stained glass, and the interior walls and ceilings are sheathed with pressed tin in a pattern of fleurs-de-lis, palmettes, and a rich, multicourse cornice. The chapel was built in 1880 on the grounds of the then newly established Ammendale Normal Institute. It is an outstanding example of Queen Anne style ecclesiastical architecture. A large cemetery adjoins the chapel.

67-not listed 7 Forest Way

Built in 1938, this experimental prefabricated Modern home is the last of seven built in the Parkbelt subdivision at the edge of the National Historic District. It is the only one which remains recognizable, retaining its original flat roof lines and steel windows. Designed by Howard T. Fisher and built by General Houses, Inc., the panelized roof and walls, and tubular steel frame are bolted to a concrete slab.

79-063-10 16508 Marlboro Pike

Built in 1780s—Compton Bassett is a two-story, hip-roof, stucco-covered brick plantation house with projecting pavilion, pilastered frontispiece, and fine interior detail. On the grounds are two brick dependency buildings and a unique surviving brick chapel. Compton Bassett was built for Clement Hill, and remains the home of his descendants to the present day. It is significant for its elegant Federal style detail, its rare surviving dependencies, and the prominence of the Hill family in the Marlboro area.

76A-014 (NR) 6403 Oxon Hill Road

Built circa 1850-The Butler House is a two-story frame house with a one-story shed-roof kitchen attached; it is sheathed in a modern formstone veneer. The house was originally built to serve as both dwelling and post office; it became the home in 1853 of Henry Alexander Butler, a free black man from Charles County, and the property remains in the possession of his descendants. This modest house is in severely deteriorating condition, but is an important example of the progress of a free black family in the mid-nineteenth century.

65-not listed Chillum Road

This early 20th Century gasworks site embodies an important industrial process, supplying natural gas to the surrounding neighborhoods in the District and the county. At 250 feet in length, and composed of a side gabled standing-seam metal roof on massive brick masonry piers with large banks of industrial steel windows between ,it is a substantial industrial structure and appears in maintained condition.

85A-013 8118 Grayden Lane

Built in 1857—Gwynn Park is a two-story, side-gabled brick house with Georgian plan and a decorative cornice composed of courses of molded corbelled bricks. The interior exhibits Greek Revival style trim and there is a one-story kitchen wing at one end. A small frame meat house, slightly older than the house, stands on the grounds. Gwynn Park was built in 1857 for William H. Gwynn, to replace the house destroyed by fire earlier that year. It is a noticeable local landmark and is significant for its unique cornice treatment.

74B-010 17214 Queen Anne Road

Built in 1925—Mount Nebo is a one-story, gable-roof frame meetinghouse style church, with centered pyramidal-roof entry tower. Immediately to the north is a small cemetery with gravestones from the early twentieth century. Mount Nebo was built to replace the 1877 chapel which, together with the adjacent 1875 schoolhouse, had become the focal point for the local African-American community. Mount Nebo Church exemplifies the long history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in this rural area.

87B-036-16 22609 Aquasco Road

Built circa 1800 and circa 1850—The Grimes House is a 1½-story, gable-roof frame house built in two sections, with roof lines of varying pitch. A handsome bracketed Victorian porch ties the two sections together. The oldest (south) section was probably built circa 1800 for the Rawlings family, and was later (after 1850) enlarged by the construction of the adjoining north section. Since 1910 it has been the home of the Grimes family, who operated the nearby store and undertaker’s establishment. The house is an interesting example of expansion of a modest dwelling.

Not listed

These tenant dwellings, possibly slave dwellings, of unusually sturdy construction (two story, wood frame with brick nogging) stand on the Bacon Hall plantation of the Craufurd and Sasscer families. A preliminary field review by historians suggests that these rare and fragile survivors may provide significant information about slave and/or tenant housing and lifeways, though their precise age and period are as yet to be determined.

78-015 (NR) 10908 Old Marlboro Pike

Built circa 1750 and circa 1800—Melwood Park is a 2½-story stuccoed brick building with gable roof of uneven pitch and original window sashes of 16/16 lights. Interior decorative detail reflects both the colonial and Federal periods, and includes particularly fine paneled walls and reveals. Melwood Park was built circa 1750 by Ignatius Digges, and raised to its present irregular two stories by his widow circa 1800. This unique dwelling was visited by George Washington on several occasions, and the British Army camped near here during their march on Washington in August 1814. Melwood Park is of exceptional historical and architectural importance.