National Register of Historic Places - Maryland (MD), Charles County

Charles County Maryland (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Hughesville Commercial and Tobacco Warehouse Historic District and Port Tobacco Historic District, Bryantown Historic District, Hughesville Commercial and Tobacco Warehouse Historic District and Mount Aventine.

The famous person Dr. Samuel Mudd is associated with one of more of the Charles County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Charles County places including Eben Faxon, Charles Ogle and Belain Posey. Prominent architectural styles found in Charles Country are Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate.

Bryantown Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000590)

Also known as Boarman's Manor;Bryan Town

MD 5 and County Rt. 232 , Bryantown

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Italianate

Historic Person:

Mudd,Dr. Samuel

Significant Year:

1900, 1780

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Commerce, Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Hughesville Commercial and Tobacco Warehouse Historic District (added 2025 - - #100011907)

Also known as MIHP # CH-1031

Old Leonardtown and Burnt Store-Prince Frederick Roads, Hughesville

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Mallows Bay--Widewater Historic and Archeological District (added 2015 - - #15000173)

Nanjemoy, Nanjemoy

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Maritime History, Military, Other

Period of Significance:

1900-1949 AD

Mount Aventine (added 1996 - - #94001328)

Also known as Gryme's Ditch;Champman's Landing;Pomonkey

1.8 mi. SW of Bryans Rd. on Chapman's Landing Rd., NW side , Bryans Road

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Tobacco Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Pomonkey Historic District (added 2024 - - #100010690)

Also known as CH-1021

Livingston and Metropolitan Church Roads, Pomonkey

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Area of Significance:

Ethnic Heritage-Black, Education, Social History

Port Tobacco Historic District (added 1989 - - #79003911)

Also known as See Also:Stagg Hall

Off MD 6 , Port Tobacco

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Economics, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Social History, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Anglo-American

Period of Significance:

1900-1750 AD, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

Thainston (added 1990 - - #90000436)

Mitchell Rd., N of MD 225 , La Plata

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ogle,Charles, Faxon,Eben

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Timber Neck Farm (added 1979 - - #79001123)

Also known as Timber Neck;Cranes Low Grounds;Laurel Grove

SE of Faulkner Rd. , Faulkner

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Posey,Belain

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Industrial American, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling