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Dowden's Luck 
Summary
Dowden's Luck is a historic house located at Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The main house is a 2+1⁄2-story, late Federal-style frame house. Major additions were made in 1855 and 1910. Also on the property are a one-story gable-roofed stone slave quarters, a one-story gable-roofed brick smokehouse, a stone spring house, and the foundations of two barns, all built during the 1824-1850 plantation period. An overgrown terraced garden in its original configuration as constructed around 1855 stands to the west of the house.[2] Dowden's Luck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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Modern barns
Dowden's Luck | |
 Smokehouse and slave quarters | |
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| Location | 18511 Beallsville Road (MD 109), Poolesville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°9′35″N 77°24′58″W / 39.15972°N 77.41611°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1824 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002143[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 10, 1988 |
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mary Ann Kephart (October 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dowden's Luck" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dowden's Luck (Poolesville, Maryland).
- Dowden's Luck, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 17-20, including photo in 1986, at Maryland Historical Trust website