McPherson's Purchase

McPherson's Purchase is a historic farm complex dating to the 19th century and located near Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland, United States.

McPherson's Purchase
LocationMaryland Route 227, Pomfret, Maryland
Coordinates38°35′56″N 77°2′51″W
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1920 (1920)
NRHP reference No.85000019[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1985

It is a working farm encompassing 120 acres (0.49 km2), a majority of which is cleared and under cultivation. Located there is a complex of 18 domestic and agricultural support structures, 11 of which date prior to 1870. They include two tobacco barns, two wagon or equipment sheds, a corncrib, and a granary, all dating from about 1840–1860, and a former tobacco house built in the late 18th century. Other buildings include a kitchen-service structure, a small garden or storage shed, and a meathouse. A duplex slave quarters with a central chimney is also on the property as well as seven early 20th-century buildings, including a double-pile frame house of simple architectural styling built about 1910. It is significant as a unique representative of a regionally typical 19th-century farmstead.[2]

McPherson's Purchase was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Richard Rivoire (April 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McPherson's Purchase" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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