Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland)

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]

Magnolia Plantation
Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland)
Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland) is located in the United States
Magnolia Plantation (Knoxville, Maryland)
LocationNorthwest of Knoxville off Sandy Hook Rd., Knoxville, Maryland
Coordinates39°20′53″N 77°41′36″W / 39.34806°N 77.69333°W / 39.34806; -77.69333
Area185.7 acres (75.2 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.75000926[1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1975

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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