ROUTES FROM BALTIMORE:  Beltway #695 to Rte #97 South to Rt. #3/301 to Upper Marlboro interchange and Rt. #4 East/South.  Turn right onto MD Rt. #260 (Chesapeake Beach Rd. W.).   Go 1.8 mi.  Turn right onto Cedar Run Lane.  Go 0.1 mi. to Site #1.

WASHINGTON:  MD Rt. #4 South.  Follow above directions.

ANNAPOLIS: South on MD Rt. #2.  Turn right at MD Rt. #260 (Chesapeake Beach Rd).  Go 2.0 mi.  Turn left onto Cedar Run Lane.  Go 0.1 mi. to Site #1.

SOLOMONS:  MD Rt. #2/4 North to the traffic light and Rt. #2/4 split at Sunderland.  Turn right onto Rt. #2.  Go 4.3 mi. to the traffic light at MD Rt. #260 (Chesapeake Beach Rd.).  Turn left.  Go 2.0 mi. to Cedar Run Lane.  Turn left.  Go 0.1 mi. to Site #1.

FOLLOW PILGRIMAGE ARROWS.

1.  TENEBRAE, 11500 Cedar Run Lane .  Nestled in a “Sherwood Forest” setting, this 9,000 square foot house is beautifully appointed with high-end finishes, a gourmet kitchen, and a “kid friendly” atmosphere.  Built in 1982, Tenebrae was renovated in 2001.  Six 20-foot tall white columns supporting a massive circular windowed gable create a feeling of “southern hospitality.”  The front porch is enhanced with two double wicker rockers and faux stone urns filled with abundant ferns.  Arizona sandstone sidewalks of intertwined colors of blush, peach, and pink are flanked by tulips, daffodils, red and pink carpet roses, and two tender young dogwood trees.  Cut-glass paneled French doors lead to a Travertine marble foyer with an Italian inlaid mosaic medallion and an enormous Austrian crystal chandelier.  The Australian cypress floors, leather furniture, and English-inspired kitchen were designed to meet the needs of this family of four young children. Antiques, fine finishes from around the world, and cherished family heirlooms reflect the owners’ creative touch.  Many of the walls are colored with Italian Venetian stucco ranging in shades from ruby red and charcoal gray to a relaxing sea-foam green.  The main living areas have an intricate plaster finish aged with a deep caramel color.   Owners:  Brooke and Rafael Steuart.

Return to MD Rt. 260.  Turn right.  Go 2.0 mi. to traffic light at MD Rt. 2.  Turn right.  Go 1.5 mi. to traffic light at Mount Harmony Rd.  Turn left.  Go 1.3 mi.  Turn right onto Stevens Rd.  Go 0.3 mi. to Site #2.

2.  BITTERSWEET HILL, 8446 Stevens Road.  The original farmhouse built in the mid 1800s was destroyed in a fire.  The present house was built by Isaiah Dowell in 1902 and was part of a large land tract known as Dowell Farm, which was a working farm.  In 2003 the present owners bought the old yellow farmhouse and started their journey of historic restoration.  Dropped ceilings, layers of flooring, and wallpaper were all removed to reveal original hardwood floors and beadboard paneling.  A mix of antiques and reproduction pieces fill the rooms and appear as though they have been handed down through the generations.  Several outbuildings, such as a 150-year-old barn and the old summer kitchen have also been restored.  Owners:  Ms. Cynthia Turner and Mr. Don Harden.

Return to Mount Harmony Rd.  Turn left.  Go 1.3 mi.  Turn left at the traffic light onto MD Rt. 2.  Go 2.7 mi. to the MD Rt. 2/4 junction.   Turn left and proceed south on Rt. 2/4.  Go 5.4 mi.  Turn left onto MD Rt. 263 (Plum Point Rd.).  Go 1.6 mi. just past the Middle School.  Turn right onto Old Plum Point Rd.  Go 0.1 mi. to Site #3.

3. THE OLD BOWEN FARM AT SANDY BOTTOM, 1525 Old Plum Point Road. This early farmhouse, located on 750 acres of land known as Tillington and Littleworth, was purchased in 1832 by William I. Bowen from George H. Gibson.  In 1906 William I. Bowen’s son Reuben Bowen added an addition which boasted manufactured millwork, doors, and mantels brought by steamboat from Baltimore.  The new two-story balloon frame addition measured five bays wide by two bays deep with an offset cross-gable and two Victorian porches.  In 1938 Reuben Bowen’s son William West Bowen began final transformation of the family home.  His wife, Mary Rebecca, refused to occupy the house until the roof was raised on the original structure, carboranda lights were replaced with electricity, and the house was equipped with modern heat, and indoor plumbing.  Mary Rebecca traveled to Baltimore to choose wallpaper, and bartered farm produce and chickens for the labor to complete the renovation.  After their mother’s death in 1966, the three sons of William West Bowen continued to own the family home and several hundred acres of the original farm they inherited from their father.  The deaths of two of the sons, Glen and J. Kenneth Bowen, resulted in the sale of the family home in 1991, ending a tradition that had lasted more than 150 years.  The current owners, who carefully renovated the house in 1991, wish to preserve it for future generations of Calvert Countians.  Owners:  Ms. Mary Mathis and Mr. Norm Cuevas.

Turn left onto Plum Point Rd.  Go 1.6 mi.  Turn left at the traffic light onto MD Rt. 2/4.  Proceed 3.4 mi. to Prince Frederick.  Turn left at the traffic light onto Rt. 231 E. (Church St., just past the Wal-Mart shopping center).  Go 0.1 mi. to Site # 4.

4.  SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.  25 Church Street, Prince Frederick. Saint Paul’s Church was built in 1842 and the first service was held on Christmas Day of that year.  By 1860, a census showed only about 20 households in the Prince Frederick area.  Calvert County at the time was largely covered with forests of oak, chestnut, and pine.  In 1882 a fire in Prince Frederick destroyed almost every building, including the courthouse, the office of the local newspaper, the post office, law offices, and several homes.  Saint Paul’s Church was miraculously spared.  The parish hall was built in 1992. Rector: The Rev. Julie Wizorek.

Return to Rt. 2/4.  Continue straight at the traffic light onto MD Rt. 231 W. (Hallowing Point Rd.).  Go 2.8 mi. to MD Rt. 508 (Adelina Rd.).  Turn left. Go 2.3 mi.  Turn right onto Sheridan Point Rd.  Go 0.8 mi. to Site #5.

5.  CEDAR WIND, 5930 Sheridan Point Road.  Cedar Wind, located on the Patuxent River and originally known as Homeplace, was built in 1965 by Judge and Mrs. Perry G. Bowen, Jr.  The house was designed by architect George Tilghman and was built by Amos Bowen and Jack Hammett.  The original center of the house was constructed on an old Indian shell pile or campground.  Oyster shells can still be found in the soil of the planting beds.  The living room and dining room floors are black walnut, as are the paneling and shelving in the library.  The foyer and part of the kitchen floor are hickory.  All of the wood was milled in Hughesville.  Kushwa rose range colonial bricks with grapevine joints were used for the original house.  A bomb shelter is located in the basement under the library.  The library floor has 16 inches of double-reinforced concrete.  Today the shelter is used for storage and as a wine cellar.  In 2000 the current owners bought the house and farm, and added a master bedroom wing in 2001 and a family room, breezeway, and garage in 2002-2003.  Owners:  Michael and Wanda King

Return to Sheridan Point Rd.  Turn left.  Go 0.8 mi. to Adelina Rd.  Turn left.   Go 1.1 mi.  Turn right onto MD Rt. 506 (Sixes Rd.).  Go 1.9 mi.  Turn right onto Grays Rd.  Go 3.1 mi.  Turn right onto MD Rt. 264 (Broomes Island Rd.).  Turn right.  Go 1.1 mi.  Turn right onto Hance Rd.  Go 1.6 mi. to Site #6.

6.  LITTLE COVE FARM, 3980 Hance Road. This house illustrates changes in architectural styles in Calvert County over the past 200 years. The original 18^th century one and one-half story cypress log cabin, now the dining room, was enlarged by a mid-1800s two and one-half story post and beam addition. The early 20^th century addition has been enlarged, decorated, and furnished in the early 20^th century Arts and Crafts style, complete with antique stained glass and Stickley furnishings. Each section of the house has been furnished with antiques and furnishings appropriate to its period, truly representing a coastal telescope or generation house. Previous owners include the John B. Gray family, who later moved to Linden and provided the county with one of its outstanding judges, and the George Hance family. Extensive gardens surround the home and connect it to the two historic tobacco barns on the property. Little Cove Farm is listed as site 44 in the Calvert County Historic District register. Owners: Nancy and Richard Thompson.

Turn right onto Hance Rd.  Proceed to MD Rt. 264 (Broomes Island Rd.).  Turn left.  Go 2.7 mi.  Turn right at traffic light onto MD Rt. 2/4.  Go 7.7 mi.  Turn right onto Pardoe Rd.  Go 0.3 mi.  Bear right onto Sollers Wharf Rd.  Go 1.6 mi.  Turn right onto McQueen Rd.  Go 0.8 mi. to Site #7.

7.  New Marsh, 13 McQueen Rd.  This house which overlooks St. Leonard’s Creek is the former residence of J. Russell and Margaret McQueen, who purchased the property when Mr. McQueen was President of BG&E. One of his sons, James McQueen, while serving as Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, hosted the Yacht Club’s Cruise on the Chesapeake and party afterwards at his parents’ home.  One still hears stories about the wonderful parties on the McQueens’ beautiful front lawn.  After the death of the McQueens, the property was purchased in 1988 by Dr. Charles Engh, Sr., who made major renovations, including the addition of an elaborate front porch with a long vista down St. Leonard’s Creek and a four-car garage.  The house is beautifully decorated with comfort in mind and makes use of rich fabrics and fine woods.  The grounds have been extensively improved through the addition of brick walls and an abundance of boxwood plantings.  In 2004 Dr. Andy Engh acquired the property and remodeled the dockside structure and caretaker’s cottage.  He also added a pool house to accompany the infinity pool, with its landscaping of lavender and crepe myrtle.  The property is now used as the Engh Family compound and features a harmonious blend of buildings and grounds, including several houses, a boathouse, remodeled gardener’s shed, large barn/storage building, and a small greenhouse and garage. The landscape design emphasizes natural meadow-like areas of plantings, as well as several formal gardens of hollies, boxwood, and arborvitae with ornate structures and a fountain.

Return to McQueen Rd.  Go 0.8 mi.  Turn right onto Sollers Wharf Rd.  Go 0.4 mi.  Turn left onto Mill Bridge Rd.  Go 1.9 mi.  Continue straight onto Coster Rd.  Go 1.1 mi.  Turn right onto Hellen Creek Dr. at Trueman Pointe.  Go 0.2 mi. to Site # 8.  

8. 1250 Hellen Creek Drive.  Hidden down a wooded curving driveway, this 2001 home built of cedar and stone sits on a point of land overlooking Tongue Cove. The unique design optimizes the view of the creek from almost every room. The open and spacious interior was designed for entertaining and raising children. Throughout the house are furniture and built-ins crafted by the owner of cherry and oak timbered from the lot or felled by hurricanes. The outside "living rooms" with a pool, pond, decking, fireplace, and hot tub have been enhanced by landscaping designed by the owner.  Owners: Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Neel.  

Return down the driveway.  Go right onto Hellen Creek Rd.  Go 0.1 mi. to Site #9.

9.  1100 Hellen Creek Drive.  This house was patterned after the 1996 Centennial Home, Southern Living’s “Idea Home,” and was custom-built for the owners in 2001.  The owners redesigned the interior themselves – a shared dream of theirs - especially for Mrs. Bodycomb who has a degree in Interior Design and Theater. The original plan was to capture the dramatic views of the surrounding woods, wildlife, and the waterway at the back of the house where the owners’ boats are docked.  A majestic wide-leaf Linden tree more than 200 years old creates a natural centerpiece and frames the extensive white- columned porch, as well as the sloping roof with an eyebrow window.  The tree may have been planted by the owners of the original farmhouse, which was built with hand-made nails and was in ruins when the present owners bought the land in 1997.  Some of the brick from the chimney of that structure serves as a platform for a nautical sundial atop a birdbath in the courtyard above the pool.  Special features of the interior include a two-story foyer and living room that look out on a deck facing the woods, paths around the property, ceiling-high Palladian windows provide a view of the cove.  There is also custom-designed woodwork and fireplaces throughout and a cathedral-ceiling-high stone fireplace in the family room. A library and studio are on the main floor.  The second story master and guest bedroom quarters at either ends of the house are connected by an open bridge and front and rear staircases.  The home is decorated with collections from the owners’ many travels abroad including masks, hats, puppets, and artwork.  Owners:  Jim and Linda Bodycomb.

Return to Coster Rd.  Turn left.  Go 1.1 mi. to stop sign.  Bear right to traffic light.  Turn right onto MD Rt. 2/4. Go 1.3 mi. to Dowell Rd.  Turn left.  Go 0.4 mi. to Site #10.

10.  ANNMARIE GARDEN SCULPTURE PARK & ARTS CENTER, 13480 Dowell Road.  Annmarie Garden, a 30-acre sculpture park and arts center associated with the Smithsonian Institution, is located in scenic Solomons, MD.  The Garden features a shady walking path that meanders through the woods past permanent and loaned works of outdoor sculpture, many of which are world-class works from the Smithsonian.  Be sure to pick up a Walking Guide before you begin your tour.  The Garden is home to more than 500 Glen Dale azaleas developed in the late 1940s and 1950s by B.Y. Morrison at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Introduction Station in Glenn Dale, MD.  Spectacular pink, red, soft white, and coral blooms appear beginning in mid-April.