Bellefields (Croom, Maryland)
Bellefields | |
 Bellefields, November 2011 | |
  | |
| Location | 13104 Duley Station Road, Croom, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°44′45″N 76°46′38″W / 38.74583°N 76.77722°WCoordinates: 38°44′45″N 76°46′38″W / 38.74583°N 76.77722°W |
| Built | c. 1720 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 71001027 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1971 |
Bellefields is a manor house located in Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was constructed about 1720. It is a brick structure in Flemish bond with random glazed headers, and two stories over a high basement. The structure is rectangular, with gabled roof sections, paired interior end chimneys, a front center entrance, wide raised belt course above the first floor, flat arched openings, and flanking symmetrical single-story wings. It is in the Georgian style. It was the home of Patrick Sim, Scottish immigrant and of his son, Col. , Maryland patriot.[2]
History[]
Later, sometime after 1849, William Duckett Bowie lived there with his second wife.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
In 2021, 5 zebras escaped from the farm.[5] [6]
Notable people[]
- William Williams (c. 1793–1814), born Frederick Hall on the Bellefields Plantation and as an escaped slave enlisted in , U.S. Army dying from his wounds after the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bellefields" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ Spencer, Richard Henry (1919). Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland. New York: American Historical Society. p. 392. ISBN 0-8328-5943-5.
- ^ Hall, Clayton Colman (1912). Baltimore: Its History and Its People. Vol. 3. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. pp. 303–306.
- ^ https://www.fox5dc.com/news/zebras-still-on-the-loose-in-maryland
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/09/08/zebras-escape-maryland-farm/
External links[]
Media related to Bellefields (Maryland) at Wikimedia Commons
- Bellefields, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:82A-26, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-629, "Bellefields, 3800 Duley Station Road, Croom vicinity, Prince George's, MD", 3 photos, supplemental material
| Topics |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Lists by county | ||
| Lists by city | ||
| Other lists | ||
| ||
- Houses completed in 1720
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
- Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Georgian architecture in Maryland
- Scottish-American culture in Maryland
- Bowie family
- National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
- 1720 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Prince George's County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs