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About Marietta House Museum
Marietta House Museum is a nationally recognized historic site featuring a late Federal style brick house built in 1816. It was a former tobacco plantation and home to Gabriel Duvall, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and the enslaved families he held. Visitors can explore the historic house, a cemetery, an original root cellar, and Duvall's law office, as well as walk the 25 acres of former plantation outbuildings and slave dwellings. Guided tours highlight the complex histories of enslaved people and their enslavers, including stories of seeking freedom.
On the coast
Serving Glenn Dale, MD
Marietta House Museum is a nationally recognized historic site featuring a late Federal style brick house built in 1816. It was a former tobacco plantation and home to Gabriel Duvall, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and the enslaved families he held. Visitors can explore the historic house, a cemetery, an original root cellar, and Duvall's law office, as well as walk the 25 acres of former plantation outbuildings and slave dwellings. Guided tours highlight the complex histories of enslaved people and their enslavers, including stories of seeking freedom.