Dumbarton House in Georgetown

"The site of the Dumbarton House can be traced to as early as 1703. That year, Ninial Beall, a Scottish immigrant, was awarded a land patent of 795 acres by the Maryland Assembly. The named the land "Rock of Dumbarton," in homepage to his native Scotland.

In 1751, George Gordon and George Beall, Ninian's son, petitioned the Maryland Assembly to erect a town on sixty acres of the original "Rock of Dumbarton" tract. In honor of King George II, they named the site "Georgetown."" Read more by enlarging the following image.

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