McPherson's Purchase

McPherson's Purchase is a historic farm complex dating to the 19th century and located near Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland, United States.

McPherson's Purchase
McPherson's Purchase is located in Maryland
McPherson's Purchase
McPherson's Purchase is located in the United States
McPherson's Purchase
LocationMaryland Route 227, Pomfret, Maryland
Coordinates38°35′56″N 77°2′51″W
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1920 (1920)
NRHP reference No.85000019[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1985

It is a working farm encompassing 120 acres (0.49 km2), a majority of which is cleared and under cultivation. Located there is a complex of 18 domestic and agricultural support structures, 11 of which date prior to 1870. They include two tobacco barns, two wagon or equipment sheds, a corncrib, and a granary, all dating from about 1840–1860, and a former tobacco house built in the late 18th century. Other buildings include a kitchen-service structure, a small garden or storage shed, and a meathouse. A duplex slave quarters with a central chimney is also on the property as well as seven early 20th-century buildings, including a double-pile frame house of simple architectural styling built about 1910. It is significant as a unique representative of a regionally typical 19th-century farmstead.[2]

McPherson's Purchase was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Richard Rivoire (April 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McPherson's Purchase" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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