Built 1795 - 1936 Opened 1795 Architectural style Federal architecture | NRHP Reference # 79003169 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 4 May 1979 | |
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Location 7250 Old Landover Road, Landover, Maryland Address 7460 Landover Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20785, USA Similar Don S S Goodloe House, Bowieville, Compton Bassett, Bostwick, Landover station | ||
Beall's Pleasure is a historic home located in Landover, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1795 as the summer home of Benjamin Stoddert who later became the first Secretary of the Navy.
The building is a 2-story Federal brick house with a 1 1⁄2-story brick wing added in 1936. The building is 5 bays wide in the front and 3 at the rear. The brick has been laid in common bond.
The garden was landscaped in 1936, by Boris V. Timchenko, long-time chief architect of the annual National Capital Flower and Garden Show, and later designer of gardens for President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower.
Beall's Pleasure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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