Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)


Porto Bello
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	MD 244 E of Drayden, Drayden, Maryland
Coordinates	38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W / 38.17389; -76.45194Coordinates: 38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W / 38.17389; -76.45194
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #	72001486 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1972

Porto Bello, is a historic home located at Drayden, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a 1 ¹⁄₂-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.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Porto Bello" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

Porto Bello, St. Mary's County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

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