Maryland Daily Photo

You all might know by now that I’m constantly looking for historic houses to feature on this site.  Sadly, like the crystal pool, they aren’t all in the best of shape.  What Melwood Park still has going for it is some serious security.  There was a fence, camera and alarm that kept me from getting close, but I managed to super-zoom my way to this picutre, as the house was a solid 100 yards or so away. 

The sign on the outside of the driveway, which denotes it as a histoic house, reads,

“Melwood Park

Patented 1672

The home of Ignatius Digges whose daughter, Mary, married Thomas Sim Lee, Twice governor of Maryland.  Lee died here in 1819.  General George Washington visited here four times and Martha Washington once.  In the War of 1812 British officers stopped here briefly

Marlyland Historical Society”

I wonder what those british officers did.  

Either way, I think its good to enjoy the history of all our old homes, even if they aren’t in the same shape as before.