$30 Million Manor House In Maryland Was Built Decades Before America

It’s hard to believe that a home built before America was even a country would still be standing, let alone up for sale. But that’s true of a formal manor house, a cultural and architectural time capsule, that was built in 1755 on farmland along the Potomac River in Maryland.

Mulberry Fields in Leonardtown consists of so much more than just the manor house. There are more than a dozen quarters, cottages and barns on the property (some historic, some added) on what was a flourishing plantation in the 18th century. Along with the buildings, the property sits on 500 acres with a stately allee of cedar trees on the south side that lead to a mile of white-sand beach on the river.