Buena Vista (Leonardtown, Maryland)
Encyclopedia
Buena Vista, or Bard's Field on Trinity Manor, is a historic home located at Leonardtown
, St. Mary's County, Maryland
, United States
. It is a -story, three-bay
, Greek Revival
-style frame dwelling with a 2-story, three-bay, frame, wing. It was built between 1840 and 1850, for George and Mary C. Combs.
Buena Vista was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1998.
Leonardtown, Maryland
Leonardtown is a town in and the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,896 at the 2000 census. Leonardtown is perhaps most famous for the national oyster-shucking championship that occurs annually at the St...
, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a -story, three-bay
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
, Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
-style frame dwelling with a 2-story, three-bay, frame, wing. It was built between 1840 and 1850, for George and Mary C. Combs.
Buena Vista was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1998.
External links
- Buena Vista, St. Mary's County, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust