National Harbor in Oxon Hill in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
You Are Standing at Historic Salubria
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, November 16, 2013
1. You Are Standing at Historic Salubria Marker
Following his 1827 marriage, Dr. John H. Bayne constructed a two story, columned, wood framed house a few feet from this marker. Over the years the house was expanded; the southward extension included a 5 by 18 foot, one-and-a-half story structure where Dr. Bayne practiced medicine. “Salubria” means “healthy, beneficial”.
The slave population at Salubria grew from 3 or 4 in the 1830s to 19 as recorded in the 1860 census. There were three slave houses. Archaeology failed to identify them. One of the slaves was Judah, a 14 year old girl whose story was one of the most graphic and tragic in the annals of Maryland history.
Property records and archaeology have identified sites of a green house, dairy, pump house and farm storage buildings; none survived. Fire damaged and then destroyed the main house.
Discover more of the Salubria story in the Potomac River Heritage Visitors Center and the Salubria Memorial Garden here at the Tanger Outlets at National Harbor. Directions to the Visitors Center and the Garden are located on the mall directory.
Erected 2013 by The African American Heritage Presentation Group, the Broad Creek Historic District and the community; financed by The Peterson Companies and Tanger Outlets.
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Location. 38° 47.758′ N, 77° 0.074′ W. Marker is in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is in the National Harbor. Marker can be reached from Oxon Hill Road south of Tanger Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6800 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill MD 20745, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Welcome to Salubria (here, next to this marker); Addison Family at National Harbor (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Hanson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Free African Americans of Oxon Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Judah and Resistance (approx. ¼ mile away); Dr. John H. Bayne of Salubria “Prince of Horticulture” (approx. ¼ mile away); Salubria Changed the Future of the Potomac Valley (approx. ¼ mile away); Slavery in the Potomac Valley (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oxon Hill.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, November 29, 2013
2. You Are Standing at Historic Salubria Marker
With an exhibit of bricks salvaged from a Salubria building foundation, "... arranged to reflect the six columns of the Salubria Manor House. Their number, 19, equals the 1860 slave population here at Salubria."
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2022, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 31, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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