Southern Area
Adelina | Barstow | Port Republic | Wallville

Cedar Hill	Barstow
The property of Cedar Hill was part of the original plantation patented in 1670 as Mile’s End by John Bigger. In the 19th century, the property had passed through several hands and history, earning not only its name, but also the spectacular manor and gardens that it is today. Cedar Hill is perhaps the last remaining example of cruciform domestic architecture still standing in Maryland.  Currently the house and the gardens are used for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, and family reunions.
Willow Glenn (Weems House)	Barstow
“One of the two finest examples of mid-18th. century Georgian architecture in Calvert County is the Weems House. . . .  It typifies the kind of dwelling erected by Maryland’s wealthiest tobacco planters of the colonial period. 1  In the late nineteenth century George Washington Henry Jones lived at Willow Glenn.  He achieved prominence in the Barstow community as a physician and politician, specifically as a state legislator and a county treasurer. 2  Fragmentary evidence indicates that he inherited the property, then called Ballard Farm, from Washington Jones. 3  . . . Other state records indicate that the farm may have been named after Levin Ballard who bought property in the area in 1832 from the estate of Tubman Long. 4  . . . Tubman Long married a daughter of James Weems, Jr., who, in the eighteenth century, may have owned the property on which Willow Glenn is located. 1 Aubrey Land, “The Planters of Colonial Maryland,” Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 67 (summer 1972), 109-128. 2 Eugene Cordell, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899, Baltimore: 1903, 460-461. 3 Calvert County Deeds, Liber SS #1 folio 450. 4 Chancery Papers #6501, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland.”  -- Maryland Historical Trust (CT-34)
Christ Episcopal Church	Port Republic
The first structure was built before or sometime during the year of 1670 or 1672.  The church was made out of wood, which was destroyed by the fire of 1731.  A new brick church was built, and was not completed until 1735.  In 1769 this structure was beyond repair and preparations to build a new church on the current spot were planned and the current church was completed until 1772.  The current church is made out of heavy brick walls that date back to 1772.
One- Room Schoolhouse	Port Republic
“This typical one-room schoolhouse was renovated in the 1970s and is maintained as a museum.”  -- Maryland Historical Trust (CT-604)
Parrot’s Cage	Wallville
“The small brick main section of Parrott’s Cage is one of the oldest Manor houses in Calvert County. . . .  The Parran family has owned this property 1649 when it was granted to William Parrott, husband of Elizabeth Parran.  The deed is still in the family’s possession. . . .  One of the owners of this house was Dr. Thomas Parran, a famous surgeon during the American Revolution and a founder of St. Johns College in Annapolis. . . .  There are as many as a half a dozen or more early twentieth century frame houses in the immediate vicinity of the ‘Cage’ that were built expressly for the house tenants who worked on the farm.”  --Maryland Historical Trust (CT-54)