Compton Bassett (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

Compton Bassett
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Compton Bassett, 1936 HABS Photo
Location	16508 Marlboro Pike, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Built	1783 (1783)
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP Reference #	83002959
Added to NRHP	March 8, 1983

Compton Bassett is a historic home in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that was constructed ca. 1783. It is a two-story brick Georgian house, covered with cream-colored stucco, on a high basement of gray stucco. A two-story wing was added in 1928. Remaining outbuildings include a chapel to the southeast, a meathouse to the southwest, and a dairy to the northwest. Also on the property is a family burial ground.

The Hill family and descendants lived at this site from 1699 to 1900. Hills Bridge (700 meters to the southeast) has carried traffic over the Patuxent River here since a toll bridge was first constructed in 1852 by W.B. Hill. Compton Bassett was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In July 2010 the house and grounds were acquired by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

External links

• Compton Bassett, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:79-10, including photo in 1977, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-134, "Compton Bassett, 16508 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD", 14 photos, 13 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-134-A, "Compton Bassett, Dairy", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-134-B, "Compton Bassett, Smokehouse", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-134-C, "Compton Bassett, Tenant House", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. MD-135, "Compton Bassett Chapel, Marlboro Pike (State Route 408), Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, MD", 7 photos, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages