Mulberry Fields is a historic home located at Beauvue,

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. It was built about 1763, and is a large -story, 5-

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by 2-bay, hip-roofed brick house. On the front is a two-story

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portico, built about 1820. The house is the only remaining

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"mansion-type" home in an area and has a panoramic view of the

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, with a mile-long allee stretching downhill to the riverbank. Mulberry Fields was listed on the

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in 1973.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust * Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in St. Mary's County, Maryland Houses completed in 1763 Georgian architecture in Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary's County, Maryland {{StMarysCountyMD-NRHP-stub