Best Endeavor, also known as Buena Vista Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located at Churchville,

Harford County, Maryland Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...

. It is a large, multi-sectioned, mid to late 18th century, partially stuccoed stone telescope house. It has two primary sections: the western unit, constructed about 1740, is four bays wide and about 1785, a -story, three-bay, side-passage / double parlor block was added against the east gable. Also on the property and dating from the mid-19th century or earlier are a stone smokehouse, a timber-framed barn with board and batten siding, a timber-framed shed, and the ruin of a large stone and frame

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the upper and the lower floors area could be accessed from ground level, one are ...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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*, including photo from 1990, Maryland Historical Trust website Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Harford County, Maryland Houses completed in 1740 Churchville, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Harford County, Maryland 1740 establishments in Maryland {{HarfordCountyMD-NRHP-stub