Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland)

Magnolia Plantation
Location Northwest of Knoxville off Sandy Hook Rd., Knoxville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°20′57″N 77°41′34″W / 39.34917°N 77.69278°W / 39.34917; -77.69278Coordinates: 39°20′57″N 77°41′34″W / 39.34917°N 77.69278°W / 39.34917; -77.69278
Area 185.7 acres (75.2 ha)
Built 1835 (1835)
Architectural style Gothic Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 75000926[1]
Added to NRHP June 18, 1975

Magnolia Plantation, also known as the Boteler-Holder Farm, is a historic house and former slave plantation located at Knoxville, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2-story, five-bay-wide house built about 1835, with a 1 12-story three-bay rear addition, set on finely coursed local fieldstone foundations. Also on the property are several modern outbuildings and a barn, and nearby is a private cemetery with a number of grave markers bearing the name Boteler.[2]

The Magnolia Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Magnolia Plantation" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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