Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)

Porto Bello
HABS photograph of Porto Bello
Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)
Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland) is located in the United States
Porto Bello (Drayden, Maryland)
LocationMD 244 E of Drayden, Drayden, Maryland
Coordinates38°10′26″N 76°27′7″W / 38.17389°N 76.45194°W / 38.17389; -76.45194
NRHP reference No.72001486 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1972

Porto Bello is a historic home located at Drayden, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a 1+12-story gambrel-roofed Flemish bond brick house built after 1742. It is located on a portion of the first grant of land recorded in the province of Maryland: West St. Mary's Manor, one of the nine original Maryland Manors. Its name commemorates the Battle of Porto Bello (1739).[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (December 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Porto Bello" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.