Morgan Hill Farm, also known as Morgan's Fresh or Hill Farm, is a historic home located at
Lusby,
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,783. Its county seat is Prince Frederick. The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of t ...
. It is a -story gable-roofed frame house of a T-shaped plan, with single exterior chimneys on each of the three exposed ends. The original building appears to have been built about 1700, with extensively remodeled in the early 19th century. In 1952 a large rear wing was added to the house. Outbuildings include a one-story log servants' quarter, a log smokehouse, and a large tobacco barn.
Phillip Morgan received the original land grant in 1651, under the name Morgan's Fresh. Morgan, a captain in the
Puritan Militia and a locally prominent man, and sold the property in 1670 to Robert Day. In 1836 the property was sold by Day's descendants to Richard Breeden, who was probably responsible for the extensive renovations made to the house in the early 19th century and renamed the property Hill Farm.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1976.
See also
*
List of the oldest buildings in Maryland
References
External links
*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses in Calvert County, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Calvert County, Maryland
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