The Cottage (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

The Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Cottage, November 2011
Nearest city	11904 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates	38°49′21″N 76°47′55″W
Area	281.8 acres (114.0 ha)
Built	1846 (1846)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	89000769
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1989

The Cottage is a 19th-century plantation complex located near Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland. The complex consists of the principal three-part plantation house with its grouping of domestic outbuildings and four tenant farms, scattered over 282 acres (114 ha). The plantation house has a 2+1⁄2-story main block constructed in the 1840s with a typical Greek Revival style interior trim and distinctive Italianate cornice brackets. Within 150 feet (46 m) to the northwest of the house is a complex of domestic outbuildings, including a well house, ice house, and meat house. It was the home of Charles Clagett (1819–1894), a prominent member of Upper Marlboro social and political society during the second half of the 19th century. He served as a county commissioner following the Civil War.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

External links

• The Cottage, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:78-18, including photo in 1987, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-985, "The Cottage, 11904 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD", 9 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material
• HABS No. MD-985-A, "The Cottage, Ice House", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-985-B, "The Cottage, Smokehouse", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-985-C, "The Cottage, Tobacco Barn", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page