Land & Ownership History
- 1727 - Benjamin Tasker gets 7,000 acres from Lord Baltimore, which is later sold to Daniel Dulaney
- 1745 - Daniel Dulaney lays out the plan for Frederick City within the land grant known as Tasker's Chance
- 1748 - Hans Peter Hoffman purchases from Daniel Dulaney land, that was later to be known as Rose Garden, along the old Georgetown Pike
- 1764 - George Hoffman inherits Rose Garden
- 1778 - Thomas Johnson purchases land and renames it Rose Hill
- 1788 - Thomas Johnson gives land to his daughter, Ann Jennings, on the eve of her wedding to John Colin Grahame
- 1789-1792 - John Colin and Ann Jennings (Johnson) Grahame Build the manor house
- 1793 - Grahame purchases Indian Fields, the 202 acres adjacent to Rose Hill
- 1800 - Thomas Johnson is living at Rose Hill
- 1833 - Colonel John McPherson, nephew-in-law, purchases Rose Hill following John Colin Grahame's death in order to help Ann Jennings (Johnson) Grahame stay on the property until her death in 1837
- 1837 - William Slater, owner
- 1843 - George Slater, owner
- 1845 - John Wilson, owner
- 1853 - David O. Thomas, owner
- 1853 - David O. Thomas, owner
- 1893 - Margaret (Thomas) Myer, owner
- 1906 - Noah Cramer, owner
- 1927 - James Cramer, owner
- 1957 - Alice (Cramer) Bowman, owner
- 1964 - 50 acre parcel sold to Frederick County for a school site
Park & Museum History
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1968 - Frederick County Commissioners purchased remainder of Rose Hill property (43.3 acres). Funding is received from Project Open Space and Frederick City to establish Rose Hill as the first County Park.
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1971 - Rose Hill Manor is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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1972 - Rose Hill Manor Park Master Plan Committee develops and adopts a Children's Museum Program for education of elementary school-aged children. The Children's Museum Advisory Board was established and the Manor House first floor opened for tours.
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1975 - Manor Gardens opens
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1976 - Carriage Museum (Robert H. Renneberger collection) opens
- 1977 - Log Cabin exhibit opens; Farm Museum Association is established
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1980 - Blacksmith Shop exhibit opens
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1982 - Manor upstairs Master Bedroom and Governor's Study exhibits open
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1984 - Master Plan Revision
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1986 - Manor upstairs Domestic's Bedroom exhibit opens
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1988 - All Manor upstairs, including the Children's Bedroom exhibit, opens
Thomas Johnson's Life History*
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1732 - Born in Calvert County, Maryland
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1753 - Admittance to the Maryland Bar
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1760 - Admittance to the Frederick County Bar
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1762 - Delegate to the Provincial Assembly in Annapolis on the Committee for the Construction of the Maryland State House
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1766 - Marries Ann Jennings
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1774 - Delegate to the First Continental Congress
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1775 - Nominates George Washington to become the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
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1776 - Becomes Commander of the Maryland Militia
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1777 - Elected by Congress as Maryland's first Governor
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1778 - Purchases 225 acres of land known as Rose Garden in Frederick and changes the name to Rose Hill
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1779 - Purchases land north of Frederick, named Richfield, where he builds his Frederick County home
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1780 - Becomes Member of the Maryland State Legislature
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1785 - Becomes President of the Potowmack River Project
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1788 - Gives Rose Hill to his daughter
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1791 - On the Board to develop the Federal City; he was the one to first recommend that the city be called Washington
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1791 - Becomes an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and authors the first opinion
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1800 - Gives a eulogy for George Washington at the Frederick memorial service on February 22, which becomes his last act in public service
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1800 - Listed on the 1800 census as living at Rose Hill Manor in Frederick with his daughter and her family
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1819 - Dies at age 87 at Rose Hill and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, MD
*These facts can be referenced in a pamphlet printed by the RHMC and on sale in the Rose Hill Museum Store.
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