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Truman's Place is a historic home located at Hughesville,
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. It is a -story brick structure with a smaller two-story brick wing built in the mid-19th century. The house incorporates the brick shell of a 1770, one-story, five- bay dwelling with a kitchen-service wing. Outbuildings include a tenant house with an attached stable, a
tobacco barn The tobacco barn, a type of functionally classified barn found in the USA, was once an essential ingredient in the process of air- curing tobacco. In the 21st century they are fast disappearing from the landscape in places where they were once ub ...
, a garden shed, and a three-bay garage. The home takes its name from a proprietary manor grant to Nathaniel Truman in 1666. Truman's Place 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 ...
in 1988.


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* including photo from 1987, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses in Charles County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1770 National Register of Historic Places in Charles County, Maryland 1770 establishments in Maryland {{CharlesCountyMD-NRHP-stub