Burrages End is a historic home at Lothian

Lothian, Maryland

Lothian is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.Lothian is a rural community in southern , Maryland, 12 miles southwest of Annapolis, Maryland, 24 miles east of Washington, DC, and 31 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland....

, Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

, 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

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. It is a small -story frame house with gambrel

Gambrel

A gambrel is a usually-symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep. This design provides the advantages of a sloped roof while maximizing headroom on the building's upper level...

 roof. The oldest section of the house dates from the last decades of the 17th century and serves as an example of an early southern Maryland farmhouse. It was the home of John Welsh, a gentleman and tobacco planter. Also on the property are two early cabins and an unusual example of an 18th century tobacco barn

Tobacco barn

The tobacco barn, a type of functionally classified barn found in the United States, was once an essential ingredient in the process of air-curing tobacco. In the 21st century they are fast disappearing from the American landscape in places where they were once ubiquitous. The barns have declined...

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Burrages End was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1973.

External links

• Burrages End, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust