Bachelor's Hope is a historic home located at Chaptico

Chaptico, Maryland

Chaptico is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It lies on Chaptico Run, which forms a bay as it enters the Wicomico River.-History:...

, 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...

. It is known for the two-story brick central block with a jerkinhead roof, which contains one large ground-floor room. On either side are one-story, two-room brick wings. No other known 18th century structure in the state exists with a similar combination of the "Great Hall" plan, facade, and component features.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1972.

External links

• Bachelor's Hope, St. Mary's County, including photo from 1971, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Bachelor's Hope, Manor Road, Chaptico vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 35 photos, 5 data page, 3 photo caption pages, and 3 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
• Bachelor's Hope, Garage, Manor Road, Chaptico vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Bachelor's Hope, Tobacco Shed, Manor Road, Chaptico vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey