This lighthouse, installed in 1883, originally stood 125 yards offshore at the entrance of the Patuxent River to the Chesapeake Bay. The foundation on which the cottage living quarters rest consist of seven wrought iron screw piles, hand bored int…
Established as Patuxent County in 1654, it was given Lord Baltimore's family name in 1658. Now the state's smallest county, it once encompassed most of Prince George's County and parts of Anne Arundel and St. Mary's counties. A narrow peninsula wi…