Sotterley Plantation is a landmark plantation

Plantation

A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...

 home located at 44300 Sotterley Lane in Hollywood

Hollywood, Maryland

Hollywood is an unincorporated community located within St. Mary's County, Maryland. It was named in 1867, when a storeowner at Thompson's General Store near the Uniontown section of Hollywood required a name for the post office inside the store...

, 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

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. It is a long -story, nine-bay

Bay (architecture)

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 frame building, covered with wide, beaded clapboard siding and wood shingle roof, overlooking the Patuxent River

Patuxent River

The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between...

. Also on the property are a sawn-log slave quarters of circa 1830, an 18th-century brick warehouse, and an early-19th-century brick meat house. Farm buildings include an early-19th-century corn crib and an array of barns and work buildings from the early 20th century. It has been a house museum since 1961. It was once a home of George Plater

George Plater

George Plater was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth Governor of Maryland in 1791 and 1792.-Early life and education:Plater was born on the family...

, the sixth Governor of Maryland

Governor of Maryland

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, and Herbert L. Satterlee

Herbert L. Satterlee

Herbert Livingston Satterlee was an American lawyer, writer, and businessman who served as United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1908 to 1909.-Biography:Herbert Livingston Satterlee was born in New York City in 1863...

, a member of America's most powerful financial circles.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1972. Sotterley was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 in 2000.

Sotterley Plantation

Sotterley Plantation is operated as a historic house museum and offers visitor activities and educational programs. Visitors can tour the early 18th-century mansion, an original slave cabin, a customs warehouse, smokehouse, necessary and corn crib, as well as a formal garden. The property comprises 95 acres (384,451.7 m²) of rolling fields, gardens, and riverfront.

External links

• Sotterley, St. Mary's County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Sotterly, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 24 photos, 6 drawings, 29 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Barn, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Ceiling Detail, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Gate Lodge, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Necessary, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 1 photo and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Plans, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 2 photos and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterly, Slave Quarters, State Route 245 & Vista Road Vicinity, Hollywood vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD: 3 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Sotterley Plantation - official site