Port Tobacco Attractions

The original Port Tobacco Courthouse was built in 1819, the reconstructed courthouse was located closer to La Plata. La Plata had become the county seat and economic center, this caused the bustling trade center of Port Tobacco to slowly close up.

The Port Tobacco One-Room Schoolhouse is a small one room school, built between 1872 and 1876. It is filled with period furnishings. The Port Tobacco School was used for seventy-seven years.

Founded in 1641, St. Ignatius was established by Jesuits who arrived to help with the formation of a new English colony. As one of the oldest Catholic Parishes in continuous service in the United States, St. Ignatius is located in the restored church that was originally built in 1798. Fire substantially destroyed the interior of the church and Manor House on December 27, 1866 but both were restored in 1868.

Thomas Stone was one of the four signers from Maryland of the Declaration of Independence. He purchased the plantation in 1770 and it features Stone's plantation house, fields, forests and family cemetery.

Visitors can tour Haberdeventure, the Stone family house, or stroll through the grounds.