Riversdale | |
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| Location | 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°57′37″N 76°55′55″W / 38.96028°N 76.93194°W |
| Built | 1801–1807 |
| Architect | Henri-Joseph Stier d'Aertselaer, George Calvert[1][2] |
| Architectural style | Federal, Georgian |
| Website | www |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002166 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973[3] |
| Designated NHL | December 09, 1997[2][4] |
Riversdale, is a five-part, large-scale late Georgian mansion with superior Federal interior, built between 1801 and 1807. Also known as Baltimore House, Calvert Mansion or Riversdale Mansion, it is located at 4811 Riverdale Road in Riverdale Park, Maryland, and is open to the public as a museum.
Once the manor house and centerpiece of a 739-acre (2.99 km2) slave plantation, Riversdale was built for Belgian émigré Henri Joseph Stier, Baron de Stier, who lived in the William Paca House in Annapolis, Maryland immediately prior to building Riversdale. Stier planned the house in 1801 to resemble his Belgian residence, the Chateau du Mick. Four years later, Stier returned to Belgium, leaving the unfinished Riversdale to be completed by his daughter, Rosalie Stier Calvert and her husband, George Calvert, the son of Benedict Swingate Calvert, who was a natural son of The 5th Baron Baltimore. Rosalie and George Calvert's son, Charles Benedict Calvert, established the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland, College Park, on part of the Riversdale property.
While its design has been attributed to William Thornton, this is not supported by available evidence on Thornton's career.[5] The house is architecturally significant as a well-preserved five-part Federal mansion, and historically important for its association with the Calverts, an important Maryland family.[5] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
- ^ "Henri-Joseph Stier d'Aertselaer". RKDartists&. RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ a b "Riversdale". Maryland's National Register Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "National Register Information System – Riversdale (#73002166)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Riversdale Mansion". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ a b "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Riversdale. Maryland Historical Trust. June 12, 2008.