Compton Bassett (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

	Compton Bassett
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Compton Bassett, 1936 HABS Photo
Location	16508 Marlboro Pike, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates	38°48′55″N 76°43′1″W / 38.81528°N 76.71694°W
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Built	1783
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	83002959
Added to NRHP	March 8, 1983

Compton Bassett is a historic home in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that was constructed ca. 1783. It is a two-story brick Georgian house, covered with cream-colored stucco, on a high basement of gray stucco. A two-story wing was added in 1928. Remaining outbuildings include a chapel to the southeast, a meat-house to the southwest, and a dairy to the northwest. Also on the property is a family burial ground.^[2]

The Hill family and descendants lived at the premise from 1699 to 1900. Hills Bridge (700 meters to the southeast) has carried traffic over the Patuxent River here since a toll bridge was first constructed in 1852 by W.B. Hill. Compton Bassett was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] In July 2010 the house and grounds were acquired by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

In an effort to slow-down the effects of time, in 2018 the house underwent a significant structural stabilization. MNCCPC engaged the nationally recognized restoration firm The Durable Restoration Company, working with a local firm to design and build the structural framework system to reinforce the external and internal portions of the house.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Margaret W. Cook and Pamela James (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Compton Bassett" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

The Durable Restoration Company
Compton Bassett, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:79-10, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-134, "Compton Bassett, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD", 14 photos, 13 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. MD-134-A, "Compton Bassett, Dairy", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. MD-134-B, "Compton Bassett, Smokehouse", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. MD-134-C, "Compton Bassett, Tenant House", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. MD-135, "Compton Bassett Chapel, Marlboro Pike (State Route 408), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD", 7 photos, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[mht_ihp-2] Margaret W. Cook and Pamela James (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Compton Bassett" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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