Poplar Hill, 7606 Woodyard Road (His Lordship's Kindness Road) (Rosaryville vicinity), Clinton, Prince George's County, MD
Summary
Significance: Poplar Hill, or His Lordship's Kindness as it is currently referred to, is an excellent example of an 18th-century, five-part Georgian plantation house. This elegantly detailed residence is among the finest examples of Georgian architecture in Prince George's County. The former plantation also includes a number of original outbuildings including: privy, smoke house, wash house, slave hospital and pigeon cote. It is also significant for its association with some of the county's most prominent and influential families, namely the Darnells, Sewells and Daingerfields.
Survey number: HABS MD-315
Building/structure dates: after. 1775- before. 1800 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1930 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Darnall, Henry
Darnall, Anne Talbott
Rothrock, Gail, field team
Pearl, Susan D, field team
Klugh, T, transmitter
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Erb, Albert P, delineator
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Bostrup, John O, photographer
Location
Clinton Woods, 38.76511, -76.89831
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html