Near Earleville in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mount Harmon Plantation

Tobacco Prize House and Wharf

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 14, 2007

1. Mount Harmon Plantation Marker

Inscription. Originally owned by Godfrey Harmon, then by James Paul Heath; subsequent to 1760 the home of James Louttit, Sr. and Jr., and Sidney George, Jr., Patriots. Vestrymen of St. Stephen’s Church, and contributors, 1782, to the original endowment of Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.

Erected 1966 by Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Education • Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1760.

Location. 39° 24.402′ N, 75° 56.393′ W. Marker is near Earleville, Maryland, in Cecil County. It is on Grove Neck Road 0.1 miles west of Pond Neck Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Earleville MD 21919, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington, on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Woodlawn (approx. ¼ mile away); Mount Pleasant (approx. one mile away); Rose Hill (approx. one mile away); On the Wild Side (approx. 1.7 miles away); Plantation Life in the Colonial Era (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mount Harmon Plantation at World's End

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(approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Mount Harmon Plantation at World’s End (approx. 1.7 miles away); North Sassafras Parish (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Earleville.

Also see . . . Mount Harmon Plantation Home Page. (Submitted on December 28, 2008, by Barbara Garner of Earleville, Maryland.)

Mt. Harmon Plantation House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 14, 2007

2. Mt. Harmon Plantation House

House is open to the public for a nominal fee. It also hosts weddings on the lawn.

Back of Mt. Harmon image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 14, 2007

3. Back of Mt. Harmon

Kitchen House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 14, 2007

4. Kitchen House

View from Widow's Walk of Mt. Harmon image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, July 14, 2007

5. View from Widow's Walk of Mt. Harmon

Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,673 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on January 8, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 15, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.