Riversdale House Museum

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Riversdale House Museum is a historic Federal-style plantation house in Maryland that now operates as a museum interpreting early 19th-century domestic, agricultural, and social history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house museum
museum
plantation house
architecturalStyle Federal style
buildingMaterial brick
category Federal architecture in Maryland
Historic house museums in Maryland
Museums in Prince George's County, Maryland
Plantation houses in Maryland
city Riverdale Park, Maryland
country United States
county Prince George's County, Maryland
currentFunction museum
hasAgriculturalLandscape yes
hasCollectionType decorative arts
furnishings
historic documents
hasGarden yes
hasPeriodRooms yes
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places listing
interpretiveFocus early 19th-century agricultural history
early 19th-century domestic history
early 19th-century social history
locatedIn Maryland
Prince George's County, Maryland
Riverdale Park, Maryland
United States
NRHPCountry United States
NRHPListingCategory historic house
NRHPState Maryland
NRHPType building
offersEducationalPrograms yes
offersGuidedTours yes
openToPublic yes
operatedBy Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
originalFunction plantation house
owner Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
region Mid-Atlantic United States
state Maryland
subjectOf architectural history studies
historic preservation efforts
plantation history research
timePeriodInterpreted 19th century
early 1800s

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