Evening star., 1939-04-30
Garden Tour 10 Take
Pilgrims 10 Lovely
Maryland Estates
Nearby Areas Include
Homes Linked With
Colonial History

The sixth annual house and
tour, sponsored by the Federated
Garden Clubs of Maryland and
offering daily pilgrimages to beau
tiful and historic Maryland estates,
will be conducted in Southern
Maryland this week.
OF primary interest to residents
of the Washington area will be
the following sections of the 1889
itinerary:
Prince Georges County, Friday
and Saturday.
Annapolis, tomorrow and
Tuesday.
Anne Arundel County, tomor-
row and Tuesday.
Howard County, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Calvert County, Saturday.
Charles County, Saturday and
St. Marys County, Sunday.
Baltimore Included.
Other sections of the tour in
clude Hartford and Cecil Counties,
Tuesday, Wednesday; Baltimore and
environs, Wednesday and Thursday;
Green Spring Valley, Wednesday
and Thursday, and Worthington
Valley, Thursday and Friday.
An attractive program has been
arranged for the Prince Georges
County visits on Friday and Satur-
day. Luncheon is to be served at
St. Barnabas Church, near Halls
Station, both days. 1t was at this
church that ancestors of Sir An
thony Eden worshiped.
Noted estates on the Prince
Georges County list are:
Bealls Pleasure, originally part
of the vast tract granted to Ninian
Beall in 1905; present house is sup
posed to have been built by Ben
ianin Stoddard, the first Secretary
of the Navy, in 1854; it is situated
near Landover and is owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Clagett.
Mount Lubentia Included.
Mount Lubentia. an old Magruder
home, where Washington was en-
tertained frequently; it is the prop
ertv of Mr.. and Mrs. Beall Bowie,
and has one of the most beautiful
staircases in the country; situated
near Largo.
Bonneville, near Halls Station;
built in 1910 by Mrs. Thomas Con-
tee Bowie on land inherited from
her father, Gov. Robert Bowie. 1t
stands in a handsome grove of trees
and commands an extensive view.
Owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Knapp.
Mullikins Delight, near Halls Sta
ton; built in the 18th century; for
seven generations the home OF
James Mullikins, the first a gover-
nor of one of the islands in the West
Indies. The garden has a rare old
PROSTATE yeW tree. Owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Kirtley.
Fairview, near Collington; another
Bowie home built about 1908; con-
tains much of the original furniture
and is located in setting of terraces
and large trees. Owned by Mrs.
Booth Bowie.
Belair Being. Opened.
Belair, near Collington; inti-
mately connected with Maryland
history through five Governors, the
first, Gov. Samuel Ogle; now home
of Mr.. and Mrs William Woodward,
who have owned many noted horses,
among them Gallant Fox and
Omaha. The house is being opened
for the first time for garden pill
grimage.
Compton, Bassett, near Upper
Marlboro; patented in 1899 by Glenn
ent Hill. and built in 1889 by Glenn
ent Hill, 5th. The home has de-
scended to the present owners, DR..
and Mrs. Reverdy Sasscer, through
10 generations.
BlytheWood, near Forestville;
present house built soon after the
first home on the site was destroyed
by the British in 1872; owned by
Maj. and Mrs Henry Leonard.
Dover House, near Rosaryville;
until recently called Mount Airy;
built as hunting lodge about 1860,
with additions by the Calvert family
in the next century; restored and