Maryland

Mount Lubentia, Upper Marlboro, Maryland (38.881992, -76.815878)

Main House Felling dates: Winter 1791/2, Spring 1792, and Summer 1792

Joists (6/7) 1791 (C, ¼C, ½C); Rafters (0/4); Brace (0/1). Site Master 1618-1791 MLMDx1 (t = 9.00 DC-AREA2; 8.08 MDOAK; 8.03 MARYLAND).

Mount Lubentia is a large, Federal-style brick dwelling topped by a hip roof. It consists of a two-and-a-half-story main block with a two-story kitchen wing attached on the north. The main block is five bays by four bays and has an entrance on the north side.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the original structure was built with timbers felled from the winter of 1791/2 through the summer of 1792.

Worthington and Seiter 2016 "The Tree-Ring Dating of Mount Lubentia, Upper Marlboro, Maryland." Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2016/15.

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