National Register of Historic Places

St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House

Compton, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Listed
November 9, 1972
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
72001485

About this property

St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District is the first county-designated historic district in Saint Mary's County, the "Mother County" of Maryland and is located in Compton, Maryland, near the county seat of Leonardtown. The district marks a location and site important in the 17th-century ecclesiastical history of Maryland, as an example of a self-contained Jesuit community made self-supporting by the surrounding 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm. The two principal historic structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Archaeological remains associated with the site date back to the early colonial period, mid-17th century.

Location

Compton, St. Mary's County, Maryland
38.25584, -76.70009

Categories

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Sources

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When was St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House listed on the National Register?

St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1972.

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St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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