Stagg Hall

Stagg Hall
Stagg Hall, September 2009
Stagg Hall is located in Maryland
Stagg Hall
Location within Maryland
Stagg Hall is located in the United States
Stagg Hall
Location within the United States
LocationCR 469/Chapel Point Rd., Port Tobacco, Maryland
Coordinates38°30′42″N 77°1′11″W / 38.51167°N 77.01972°W / 38.51167; -77.01972
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1740 (1740)
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No.88003061[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1988

Stagg Hall is a historic home located at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story frame house built around 1766[2] adjacent to Port Tobacco's former town square. It was built by Thomas Howe Ridgate, a prosperous Port Tobacco merchant, who operated a mercantile business, Barnes and Ridgate.[3]

Basil Richard Spalding acquired the property in 1828, and it became known as Spalding’s Square or Spalding’s Corner.[4] 

In 1903, Mary Lucilla Barbour purchased Stagg Hall from the William W. Padgett estate. [5] After her death, her son, William Edgar Barbour, acquired the property from his father and siblings in 1934. [6] In 1950, the heirs of William Edgar Barbour conveyed their interest in Stagg Hall to Robert Taylor Barbour and his wife, Phyllis, thus making them the owners of the property.[7]

Woodwork from the first floor, which had been sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, was re-installed in 1972.[4]

Stagg Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Stagg Hall was acquired by the Charles County Government in 2013. Tours are available from from March-December.[4]

See also

  • Habre de Venture, a nearby home in a similar style, built by a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Stagg Hall - Maryland". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  3. ↑ J. Richard Rivoire (March 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stagg Hall" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Stagg Hall". explorecharlescounty.com. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  5. ↑ Charles County, Maryland Land Records, Liber BGS13, Folio 496
  6. ↑ Charles County, Maryland Land Records, Liber MWA59, Folio 621
  7. ↑ Charles County, Maryland Land Records, Liber PCM91, Folio 202
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