Marshall Hall Ruins

The ruins of Marshall Hall

(NPS/ M Frutchey)

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The ruins of the Marshall Hall Mansion represent the largest house built in pre-1740 Maryland and one of only two surviving examples of 18th century one and a half story buildings. The property functioned as a steamboat landing for much of its history and from 1958 through 1980 housed an amusement park, complete with Ferris wheel, roller coasters, bumper cars, and slot machines. Today the ruins are surrounded by a 110 x 115 foot chain link fence after a fire in 1981 and a truck crash in 2003 destroyed much of the structure.