Historic Sotterley

Historic Sotterley on the Patuxent River dates to 1699 and is the oldest surviving plantation in Southern Maryland, with a mansion begun in 1703 and a long history of enslaved and tenant labor that the site now interprets. Sotterley offers a Ghosts of Sotterley tour in late October. Staff, tour guides and visitors tell of lights switching on, an inkwell that moved by itself, apparitions on tours, and a guide who said he was pushed down the stairs during a December candlelight tour. A recorded sound of drumming in the slave quarters and a voice saying get out were reported at one investigation. The stories are staff and visitor lore, set beside the site's documented history.