Enoch Pratt Free Library

Description

Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789), Chancellor of the Colony of Maryland from 1778 until his death in 1789. Later it became the home of Governor Thomas George Pratt (1804-1869). By 1935, it had become an antique shop. A sign, Antiques, hangs from the middle crossbeam above the side porch entrance, and another hangs from a U-shaped metal pipe inserted in the ground near the walk leading up to the side porch. On the far side of this porch is a man sitting on a wooden bench, reading a newspaper. In the center of the front of the building is a second slant-roof wood porch. At the far end of the building is a slightly smaller brick building with a wooden frame second floor, all of which appears to be attached to the main structure. On the lawn on the near side of the center porch are some plants growing in a circular area, and to the right are the front bumper and fender of a car parked in the driveway. This side of the building, although considered the front in 1935, was probably originally the rear (see note with mdaa324). (Information provided by C. C. MacGruder of Upper Marlboro. No reproduction without permission.)

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Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center

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Digital Maryland