Eagle's Nest (Phoenix, Maryland)
Eagle's Nest | |
| Location | 12209 Jarrettsville Pike (MD 146), Phoenix, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°28′15″N 76°34′32″W / 39.47083°N 76.57556°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | c. 1690s, c. 1750, 1790s-1802 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000942 |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 1974 |
The Eagle's Nest is a historic home located at Phoenix, Baltimore County, Maryland. It is a large fieldstone dwelling begun, it is believed, in the 1690s and completed in 1802 on part of a 2500-acre tract named "The Valley of Jehosaphat" by Richard Smith, Jr., who was granted the land by Lord Baltimore in 1684 in recognition of Smith's service as the first attorney general of Maryland. Smith's descendants owned the tract until Walter Dulany bought half of it in the 1720s and the other half about 20 years later.