Historic Property
#SM10
Presently owned by
the St. Mary’s County Historical Society, Tudor Hall represents the
oldest house in Leonardtown. Largely constructed over two different
periods, the original wings of the house appear to date from the
ownership of Richard Barnes who inherited the plantation, alternatively
called America Felix Secundus, in 1778. The house’s original
appearance was summarized in 1798, when the Federal Direct Tax described
Barnes’ house lot as containing
a
dwelling house of wood 46 by 22 ft an addition of Brick to each end 30
by 22 ft, 8 Windows 4 ˝ by 2 ˝ ft, 10 wind’s 3 ˝ by 1-1/2 ft, Kitchen of
wood 36 by 20 ft, Store 20 ft sq, Meat house 16 sq, Cornhouse 28 by 16ft
in good repair.
