Beall's Pleasure

	Beall's Pleasure
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Bealls Pleasure, 1936 HABS Photo
Location	7250 Old Landover Road, Landover, Maryland
Built	1795 - 1936
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Other, Federal
NRHP reference No.	79003169
Added to NRHP	May 04, 1979

Beall's Pleasure is a historic home located in Landover, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1795 as the summer home of Benjamin Stoddert^[3] who later became the first Secretary of the Navy.^[4]

The building is a 2-story Federal brick house with a 1+1⁄2-story brick wing added in 1936. The building is 5 bays wide in the front and 3 at the rear. The brick has been laid in common bond.^[2]

The garden was landscaped in 1936, by Boris V. Timchenko, long-time chief architect of the annual National Capital Flower and Garden Show, and later designer of gardens for President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower.^[2]^[5]

Beall's Pleasure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Scharf, J. Thomas (1879). History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Baltimore: John B. Piet. Vol. II, p. 437.
^ Christopher Owens (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beall's Pleasure" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

Beall's Pleasure, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:72-2, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-635, "Beall's Pleasure, Landover Road Vicinity, Landover vicinity, Prince George's County, MD", 6 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[HABS1-2] "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[HABS3-3] "Historic American Buildings Survey". HABS-No. MD-635. National Park Service: 3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] Scharf, J. Thomas (1879). History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Baltimore: John B. Piet. Vol. II, p. 437.

[mht_ihp-5] Christopher Owens (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beall's Pleasure" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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