Port Tobacco in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Stagg Hall

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, October 31, 2026

1. Stagg Hall Marker

Inscription.

1766

Presented By
Lady Jane Sewall Chapter
National Society
Colonial Dames XVII Century

In Conjunction With
Historical Society of
Charles County
Charles County Government
2018

Erected 2018 by Lady Jane Sewall Chapter National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, Historical Society of Charles County, Charles County Government.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Colonial Era. In addition, it is included in the The Colonial Dames XVII Century, National Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1766.

Location. 38° 30.704′ N, 77° 1.172′ W. Marker is in Port Tobacco, Maryland, in Charles County. It is on Commerce Street 0.1 miles west of Chapel Point Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is on the wall to the right of the main entrance to the building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8450 Commerce Street, Port Tobacco MD 20677, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the

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Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 walking distance of this marker: Port Tobacco: Commerce (within shouting distance of this marker); Port Tobacco: A Maryland Mosaic (within shouting distance of this marker); Port Tobacco (within shouting distance of this marker); Port Tobacco: Conspiracy & the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Columba Masonic Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); On to Yorktown (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Wilkes Booth (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Tobacco.

Also see . . . Maryland Historical Trust - Stagg Hall Entry. Includes the National Register nomination

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, October 31, 2026

2. Stagg Hall

The house was constructed as a store for the exchange of goods - using vouchers issued to tobacco farmers as a form of currency validating their tobacco value - in the trading town of Port Tobacco, a tobacco shipping port on the Port Tobacco River (before the river silted in and left the port without a... port).

form for Stagg Hall. (Submitted on November 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.)

Stagg Hall Interior image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, October 31, 2026

3. Stagg Hall Interior

Stagg Hall is operated as a Charles County museum about Port Tobacco. This room is particularly unique - the wood paneling was sold to an art museum in Chicago in the early 1930s and re-purchased for re-installation during the house's 1970s restoration. It is one of the few examples of room paneling being sold as art and later returning to stand in the structure it was made for.

Stagg Hall Kitchen image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, October 31, 2026

4. Stagg Hall Kitchen

The attached building, added to the house via a hyphen in the 20th century, was originally a summer kitchen that was separate from the house. The kitchen was reconstructed in the 1950s when the original was rotted and on the verge of collapse, and uses the original footprint and chimney. The chimney is thought to predate the house.

Stagg Hall Kitchen Chimney image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, October 31, 2026

5. Stagg Hall Kitchen Chimney

The massive - and original - central T-shaped chimney within the reconstructed kitchen (east wing). Note the firebox has been decreased in size by the insertion of another layer of brick on both interior sides.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.