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    Pleasant Hills, built between 1760-1765 in Montgomery County, Maryland, is one of the earliest brick houses in the county and an outstanding example of Georgian Revival style. It was originally built by Charles Gassaway, a prominent local landowner, on 1700 acres that he named Pleasant Hills. During the Civil War, Union troops from Massachusetts established quarters in the house. The estate was owned by the Kelley family from 1808 through most of the 1900s, including J. Thomas Kelley, a noted Washington surgeon in the early 1900s.

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    Pleasant Hills, built between 1760-1765 in Montgomery County, Maryland, is one of the earliest brick houses in the county and an outstanding example of Georgian Revival style. It was originally built by Charles Gassaway, a prominent local landowner, on 1700 acres that he named Pleasant Hills. During the Civil War, Union troops from Massachusetts established quarters in the house. The estate was owned by the Kelley family from 1808 through most of the 1900s, including J. Thomas Kelley, a noted Washington surgeon in the early 1900s.

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    Pleasant Hills, built between 1760-1765 in Montgomery County, Maryland, is one of the earliest brick houses in the county and an outstanding example of Georgian Revival style. It was originally built by Charles Gassaway, a prominent local landowner, on 1700 acres that he named Pleasant Hills. During the Civil War, Union troops from Massachusetts established quarters in the house. The estate was owned by the Kelley family from 1808 through most of the 1900s, including J. Thomas Kelley, a noted Washington surgeon in the early 1900s.

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    Historic Resources

    Potomac Subregion Master Plan Approved and Adopted, April 2002


    Potomac Subregion Master Plan Approved and Adopted. April 2002
    1 700s Resources

    2 4 21 Pleasmt Hills (c 1760- 1705)


    14820 Kelley Farrli Drive

    Pleasant Hills, believed to have been built between 1760 and f 765, is ctr~eoftheearliest brick houses
    built in Montgomery County, An outstarmding example of a Georgian Revival house, Pleasant Hills
    is rcpreseritatitfe of late 18Ihcentury mmor houses built by prosperous families in Maryland and
    Virginia, Typical of houses of this period, tlie residence was built ivitI1 two front facades of equal
    i~x~porta~ice,one Fdcitlg tlie driveway and the other facing the gaden. Tlie house was once accessed
    from C)arnesto'~n,rn Road by n long tree-lined drive.

    Thc main block of the Izouse tvas buitt by CharIcs Gassatvaq: a prornine~xtlocal Iandojvner.
    Accordir~gto tradition, Gassatvay's slaves ntade the bricks nn site in 1763. In 1799, Cassaway
    requested a new farid patent for 1 700 acres, which he called P/eas~rrrrIfiIIs, Elizabeth Gassa~vay,
    daughter of Charles, married fi!' lam Dame, who estsblished nearby Dafnestowtl in 1798, Her
    brothers, Thomas and Cfiarles, ~~xttnagcdthe Pleasant Hifts estate after their father's death in 1810,
    The Gassaway family sold the propcr-ty in 1829.

    During the Civil War, the substantial residence attracted Union troops from Massaefiusetts ivhu
    established quarters in the Iiotise and catnped on the gronnds, Thc cstste was owned m d fanned by
    John T, Kelley and his descendants lrom 1808 througllos~tmust ofthe 1900s. J. Thonlas Kelley was
    a noted Washirtgton surgeori in the early 190Os, His sun, 'fl~umasG. Kclley, was a U'ashiaxgton
    lattgfer, tl-ternber of tIxe first Cuurlty Council (19481, arxt sert ed as c h a i m m of the Lpper
    Molilgonxery Courxty Plannir2g Comnxission. The propefty included 540 acres under the Kclley
    otvnership,

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