Sherwood Forest, Montgomery County, Maryland

[4] It has remnants of slave quarters and an icehouse,[4] Occupants drank water from a spring that was located where the Robin Hood Swim Club's pool is now.

[4] The water was filtered through a sand-filled channel called a race, pumped to the house with a hydraulic ram, and stored in a 40-foot-tall wood tower.

[3] A successful farmer, William Bradley built an elaborate Queen Anne-style addition to the house.

[3] Bliler defaulted on the mortgage, and Mary Bradley bought back the property at a public auction in 1929.

[3] Mary Bradley sold the property to a developer in 1950, but she inserted a clause in the deed stating that she could continue to live in the house for free for the rest of her life.

[3] Further, the deed stated that if the developer were to sell the portion of the land surrounding the house, she would receive half the proceeds of the sale.