Villa DeSales (Aquasco, Maryland)

	Villa DeSales
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Villa DeSales, December 2008
Location	22410 Aquasco Rd.,; Aquasco, Maryland
Coordinates	38°34′58″N 76°43′19″W / 38.58278°N 76.72194°W
Built	1877–78
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP reference No.	88001063
Added to NRHP	July 14, 1988

Villa DeSales, built in 1877–1878, is a large five-by-three bay, three-story frame High Victorian Gothic dwelling with a two-story south service wing, located at Aquasco, Prince George's County, Maryland. The historic home is significant for its architectural character which includes a complex of six 19th century outbuildings. This architectural style is an unusual one in Southern Maryland, an area heavily agricultural historically. The large size of the house, the decorative slate roof, amount and variety of cornice and gable trusses, brackets, and pendants; and the well preserved interior with original Gothic Revival-style lighting fixtures and parlor and bedroom furnishings make the house exceptional. In the rear yard are seven domestic and agricultural outbuildings in good condition. The stable is the only High Victorian Gothic barn or stable in Prince George's County.^[2]

Villa DeSales was built for George Forbes (1844-1931) and his wife, Fanny Bowling Forbes (1853-1929), near her family home in Aquasco. The Bowling and Forbes families were large landowners in southern Prince George's and neighboring Charles County, Maryland during the 19th century.^[2]

Villa DeSales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Marina King (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Villa DeSales" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

Villa DeSales, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:87B-13, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website
[1] Villa de Alpacas Farm at Historic Villa de Sales website

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[mht_ihp-2] Marina King (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Villa DeSales" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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