PART II: Chapter 16 Historic Sites and Proposed Historic Sites

I-house form it is now composed of a two-story main blockthat faces eastward• A dwelling, owned by John Duckett, was sited on this lotas early as 1817; possibly it was incorporated into thepresent main block; in 1843, the property was transferredto Reuben Bunnell, a carpenter; the house reflects 4different periods of building construction and is significanctas an example of the progression of a rural, 19th-century house• Criteria 1d, 2a79-019-61 ε Upper Marlboro Post Office14730 Main Street, Upper Marlboro• 1936, 1964 Colonial Revival post office, square woodencupola with wrought iron weathervane• Converted to library in 1995; 1938 rectangular mural“Tobacco Cutters” by Mitchell Jamieson prominentlydisplayed over front desk• Criteria 1a, 2a, 2c, 2e79-019-64 Crain Highway MonumentOld Crain Highway at Main Street, Upper Marlboro• 1922, bottle-shaped sandstone and concrete rusticatedstone monument• Designed by architect Howard Sill and built to mark thebeginning of construction of the Robert Crain Highwaybetween Baltimore and Southern Maryland• Criteria 1a, 1d, 2a, 2e79-029 Site of Overseer’s House5611 Old Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro• 1742 1752, House moved to 6701 S. Osborne Rd.,Upper Marlboro in April 1993 and restored, see 82A-044• Criteria 1c, 1d, 2a, 2e79-038 ε Pentland Hills Site, Danenhower Road, Upper Marlboro• 1830s and later, the now demolished house consisted of2 sections (parallel design but not same period) joinedby a perpendicular stair passage• South wing built as home of Benjamin Hodges; secondwing and passage added later, forming squared-Cfootprint with courtyard; house form was unique in theCounty (as is most every building) owned by Hodgesfamily• Criteria 1d, 2a, 2e158 Staff Draft Preliminary Historic Sites and Districts Plan