Snow Hill (Laurel, Maryland)

Snow Hill

Snow Hill East Front, December 2008
Location 13301 Laurel-Bowie Road (Maryland 197), Laurel, Maryland
Coordinates 39°4′32″N 76°50′35″W / 39.07556°N 76.84306°W / 39.07556; -76.84306Coordinates: 39°4′32″N 76°50′35″W / 39.07556°N 76.84306°W / 39.07556; -76.84306
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built ca. 1800
Architectural style Late Georgian
NRHP Reference # 74002200[1]
Added to NRHP August 13, 1974

Snow Hill is a manor house located south of Laurel, Maryland, off Maryland Route 197, in Prince George's County. Built between 1799 and 1801, the 1 1/2-story brick house is rectangular, with a gambrel roof, interior end chimneys, and shed dormers. It has a center entrance with transom and a small gabled porch. A central hall plan was used, with an elaborate interior and corner cupboards. The original south wing was removed and rebuilt, and the home restored in 1940. The Late Georgian style house was the home of Samuel Snowden, part owner of extensive family ironworks, inherited from his father Richard Snowden.[2] and is now owned and operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission as a rental facility.[3]

Snow Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Christopher Owens (May 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Snow Hill" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  3. "Snow Hill Manor". Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Retrieved 2015-08-01.


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