Name/Title
Bushwood Manor houseEntry/Object ID
1995.001.1757Description
Black and white photo of Bushwood Manor house. This view was across the lawn to the front of a very substantial house. The main building had a hipped shingle roof with four large interior chimneys. There was a large widow's walk between all the chimneys. A gable roof with an elaborate cornice and frieze faced the photographer. In the peak of this roof was a large demi-lune window? device? with elaborate carving in a fan shape to fit the space. Another cornice projected to the front over a second floor center door with full length shutters and a transom above flanked by nine over nine double hung window with shutters. That door opened onto the flat roof of a large porch below. The porch roof was supported by corner posts that had another post in close proximity and then two more posts at the entry stairs. The posts were gracefully shaped and have elaborate carving. The railing around the porch was carefully done, giving the effect of large diamonds when seen from this distance. The porch floor was five steps above the circular drive with two urns on each side of the steps. The entry door had a four light transom window. There were nine over nine double hung windows on each side of the door. There were two large nine over nine windows with shutters on each side of the porch. There was a single story building, probably the kitchen building, connected to the left side of the main house by a hyphen. There was a simple door in the hyphen and one six over six window with shutters in the kitchen building. It had a gable roof, probably metal, at right angles to the house. There was a substantial chimney on the left end of the building. A two story addition to the right of the main building was also connected by a hyphen. A small window and a door were barely visible in the hyphen. The door was three steps above the ground. The addition had a metal gable roof at right angles to the main house. There was a dentil frieze on the building. There were two small windows with their shutters closed on the second floor and two six over six double hung windows with open shutters on the first floor. Two men and a woman were standing on the porch of the main house and a small person was in the hyphen door on the left. There were two large trees in front of the house. This impressive home burned in 1934 and its salvaged bricks were used in the construction of the replica State House in St. Mary's City.
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Text on verso: "Bushwood Manor House destroyed by fire"Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Print Size: 8" x 10"Location
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 11AShelf
Rack 07, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 07Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor Hall