The Lindens is a historic home located near Bryantown,

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. It is a two-story frame house built during the second quarter of the 19th century in the

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style. It is in the double parlor plan with

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mantels and an exterior double chimney. It overlooks the lower fields of the farm and the Zekiah Swamp. It was listed on the

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in 1990. The letters "JFG" are found carved into the chimney with the date 1840. The house sits on His Lordships Place and is privately owned.

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*, including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Charles County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Federal architecture in Maryland Houses completed in 1840 National Register of Historic Places in Charles County, Maryland {{CharlesCountyMD-NRHP-stub